Sustainability Fashion: Exploration of Modular Concepts & Material Recycling

Abstract

Public awareness of the sustainability of fashion recycling has become an important concern in the fashion
industry in recent years. This is due to the environmental issue of increasing global garment waste due to the
"fast fashion" business concept. This awareness encourages artists and designers to continue to develop
creativity by considering environmental impacts and aspects of sustainability in their fashion work through,
exploration of manufacturing techniques, processing of environmentally friendly raw materials, sustainable
production processes, and the resulting economic value. This paper discusses the concept of sustainability
through the exploration and creative development of modular techniques and recycled materials in fashion.
Modular in fashion is the concept of dividing the system into small parts that can then be changed, combined
and adjusted independently. Recycling of materials involves crushing clothing into fibres which are then
remade into materials using a felt technique.. Modular techniques have great potential to be further explored
in design in collaboration with recycled materials by designers and the fashion industry. This research uses a
qualitative methodology carried out by means of library observation, exploration and experimental
techniques. The aim of this research is to create sustainable fashion design works which can ultimately
increase public awareness of environmental issues, as well as demonstrate creative and innovative techniques
in fashion design that minimize the environmental impact of the fashion industry itself. The results of this
research are expected to make a valuable contribution to the development of the sustainable fashion industry,
as well as increasing public awareness of sustainable fashion products as part of a lifestyle.