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Author Flint, India.

Title Second skin : choosing and caring for textiles and clothing / India Flint.

Imprint Sydney : Murdoch Books, 2011.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 2nd Floor Stacks  646.3 F646s 2011    ---  Available
Description 286 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), ports. ; 28 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Note Choosing and caring for fibres and clothing. With detailed instructions and beautiful photography. Describes easily achievable ways in which we can care for our planet by living simpler lives and using fewer resources, specifically those to do with cloth and clothing. This title presents information on selecting, acquiring, wearing, caring for, making and repurposing textiles and clothing.
Summary "This book is about some of the more easily achievable things we might do for our planet by living simpler lives and using fewer resources, specifically those to do with textiles and clothing. By being careful in choosing and maintaining the clothes that act as our second skin we can extend their lives and leave a smaller footprint"--Spine.
Subject Clothing and dress -- Environmental aspects.
Textile fabrics -- Environmental aspects.
Textile fabrics -- Recycling.
Sustainability.
Fashion -- Environmental aspects.
Clothing and dress -- Social aspects.
Dressmaking -- Environmental aspects.
Clothing and dress -- Care.
Clothing and dress -- Remaking.
Added Title 2nd skin
ISBN 9781741967210 (hbk)
174196721X (hbk)

 
    
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