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New-Old Jeans or Old-New Jeans? Contradictory aesthetics and sustainability paradoxes in young people’s clothing consumption
Collins, Rebecca
Collins, Rebecca
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2019-11-30
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This paper reports on an ongoing research project exploring the role of aesthetics – particularly aesthetics related to the multiple meanings of ageing – in young people’s interventions in the material lives of their clothes. Provoked by the trend for ‘pre-aged’ jeans, this study interrogates how material manifestations of the passing of time shape young consumers’ relationships with their clothes. Specifically, this enquiry focuses on the multiple, intersecting and sometimes contradictory aesthetics of aged garments. It examines the extent to which – and circumstances in which – young consumers view the visible lived history of their garments as positive, and the role played by personal manual interventions (e.g. acts of repair, customization, upcycling or repurposing) in transforming an un(der)loved and un(der)used item into one with heightened forms of value. Drawing on practice-based workshop-interviews with around 20 18-22 year olds, this research seeks to contribute to emerging debates around sustainability, consumer agency and ownership in relation to the consumption of fashion.
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Collins, R. (2021). New-old jeans or old-new Jeans? Contradictory aesthetics and sustainability paradoxes in young people’s clothing consumption. In Product Lifetimes and the Environment (PLATE): 3rd PLATE conference, September 18 - 20, 2019, Berlin, Germany. http://dx.doi.org/10.14279/depositonce-9253
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TU Berlin
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10.14279/depositonce-9253
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