Today the demand for a sustainable clothing care system is higher than ever due to the continuous environmental impact caused by this system. When it comes to the environment (The State of Fashion 2020, 2020), the fashion industry record is well documented. Fashion accounts for 20 to 35 percent of microplastic flows into the ocean and outweighs the …
Traditionally associated with craftmanship and manual work, knitwear could seem a quite unusual subject of investigation for scientific research in design, as it also pays the price to be part of the fashion practices, which are still often treated with an artistic approach. The work presented here had the aim to demonstrate the validity of the topic as an area of inquiry among the industrial …