Implementing Zero Waste Fashion in Apparel Design
Faradillah Nursari, Fathia Husna Djamal
Telkom University
Abstract
The fashion industry is one of the largest contributors to the economy in Indonesia. However, this industry is the producers of both pre-production and post-production waste in large quantities causing environmental pollution. To meet the needs of consumers for fashion products, this industry actively design or renewing the design of apparel, resulting fabric waste from production in significant quantities during the process. Currently, there are varying viewpoints from practitioners and academics who argue that in order to reduce waste, the effort will be optimized when done during the pattern making and cutting process. Since the year 2008, the concept of zero waste fashion design or better known by the acronym ZWFD has been widely studied and practiced by students, academics, and practitioners in the field of fashion that has interest in the issues of waste pre-production and its influence on the environment. ZWFD itself refers to the steps to produce apparel with the minimum waste from fabrics during the pattern making and cutting process. This research aims to examine how the concept of ZWFD can be implemented in the course of design and apparel production.
Keywords: Apparel, Draping, Zero Waste
Topic: Design