Handbook of Sustainable Luxury Textiles and Fashion Volume 1 /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Gardetti, Miguel Angel (Editor), Muthu, Subramanian Senthilkannan (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2015.
• Series: Environmental Footprints and Eco-design of Products and Processes,
• Subjects: Environment.; Production management.; Textile industry.; Industrial engineering.; Production engineering.; Environmental management.; Sustainable development.; Sustainable Development.; Textile Engineering.; Operations Management.; Industrial and Production Engineering.; Environmental Management.

The first volume of this handbook explores different aspects of sustainable luxury textiles and fashion, broadly based on the following topics: Sustainability and business management, Value chain management, Use of materials and Sustainable production processes.

Table of Contents:

• The Lotus Flower fiber and sustainable luxury
• Flax: Sustainability is the New Luxury
• Great potential of stinging Nettle for sustainable textile and fashion
• Sustainable Luxury Natural Fibers –Production, Properties and Prospects
• Sustainable processing of luxury textiles
• Sustainability in luxury textile applications: a contradiction or a new business opportunity?
• Specialty Chemical Finishes for Sustainable Luxurious Textiles
• Book Chapter for Handbook of Sustainable luxury textiles and Fashion- Vol 1.