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Sustainability and Social Responsibility

Assessing Sustainability, Slow Fashion, and Quality Analysis Through Denim Education

Authors
  • Sheri Dragoo (Baylor)
  • Janie Stidham (Baylor University)

Abstract

Trends toward apparel sustainability, resale, recycling and upcycling offer denim as key classification for study. Intensified study of the denim market offers opportunities to understand, evaluate and assess timely apparel production practice and dying, fiber development, textile processing, and improvements in sustainable practice. An upper-level undergraduate course was designed to refocus on evaluating the process of design, production, and quality assurance of denim brands with sustainable focus. Students gathered sustainability insights on the brand and sustainable values of the customer through research. They conduct textile product testing, create a comprehensive jean technical package, prepare a denim research notebook featuring a series of denim-specific quality tests on comparative denim brands, and create a summative poster presentation of comparative findings on both quality and sustainable practice. Lab activities and submitted reports are conducted by teams. Students gain TQA and sustainability insights across denim brands producing a final summative report.

Keywords: Quality Analysis, Denim, Sustainability

How to Cite:

Dragoo, S. & Stidham, J., (2025) “Assessing Sustainability, Slow Fashion, and Quality Analysis Through Denim Education”, International Textile and Apparel Association Annual Conference Proceedings 81(1). doi: https://doi.org/10.31274/itaa.18700

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Published on
2025-01-17

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