Link to Presentation: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1iNvMvz7Ji-ptSl8qfeCjFiyNxah_8k8OSF8iZecHM0g/edit?usp=sharing
Reflection:
For our Topic Presentation, our group researched existing sustainable fashion practices. We started our research by doing a general google search on existing sustainable fashion practices. We read a number of articles and company websites/advertisements and eventually got an idea of the areas of sustainable fashion practices. We tried to ensure that we found examples of sustainable practices in all levels of the fashion cycle, from design and production, to advertising, consumer use, and disposal. After doing all of our research and taking notes on it together as a group, we created our presentation and each worked on refining a section of the presentation to present.
Overall, I found our topic research quite interesting. While we have learned about a number of sustainable fashion practices through our readings and class discussions, we also found some other practices which seem to have an exciting future in sustainable fashion. For example, 3D printing is currently used not only to make fibers and raw materials, but is also being innovated to be used to make clothing directly by individuals.
One of the challenges I found while doing this research and presentation was attempting to narrow down our findings into a concise and limited list under defined sections. There are currently so many (hundreds, likely) of sustainable fashion practices, that it was somewhat difficult to sort what the most popular, most effective, and most relevant ones were. Although this was somewhat challenging from a presenter point of view, it is encouraging as a whole for the bright future of sustainable fashion practices.