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N2 - Textile design inhabits a liminal space spanning art, design and craft. This book explores how textile design bridges the decorative and the functional, and takes us from handcrafting to industrial manufacture. In doing so, it distinguishes textiles as a distinctive design discipline, against the backdrop of today's emerging design issues.With commentaries from a range of international design scholars, the book demonstrates how design theory is now being employed in diverse scenarios to encourage innovation beyond the field of design itself. Positioning textiles within contemporary design research, Textile Design Theory in the Making reveals how the theory and practice of textile design exist in a synergistic, creative relationship.Drawing on qualitative research methods, including auto-ethnography and feminist critique, the book provides a theoretical underpinning for textile designers working in interdisciplinary scenarios. Beautifully illustrated with 40 images, it unites theory and texts from the fields of anthropology, philosophy, literature and material design.

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Knowledge roadmap of sustainable development in the textile and apparel industry: a scientometric analysis

• Zhaoshan Wu 1 ,
• Liya Zhou 1 ,
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Practices in the textile and apparel industry (TAI) have led to numerous environmental and social problems, which have prompted extensive research on the sustainable development of the textile and apparel industry (SDTAI). This paper presents a comprehensive and quantitative analysis of the status quo in the SDTAI domain using scientometrics. From 1987 to 2019, the Web of Science core collection databases (SCI and SSCI) included 863 journal articles related to SDTAI, and our analysis results were as follows: (1) 60 critical research keywords occur in the knowledge base; (2) four research hotspots were identified; (3) five themes constituted the main knowledge area; and (4) based on the knowledge base, research hotspot, and knowledge domain, the knowledge structure consisted of nine subjects and five systems. This paper proposes a knowledge roadmap that can be helpful for practitioners and academicians to better understand the current sustainable development status and trends in the TAI.

Introduction

Practices in the textile and apparel industry (TAI) have led to numerous environmental and social problems, such as high emissions, high water consumption, high energy consumption, and heavy pollution. In the European Union (EU), 2–10% of current environmental impacts are a result of TAI consumption (Liu et al., 2020 ; Manda et al., 2015 ). In China, the textile industry accounted for 2.6% of the total industrial energy consumption in 2019 (NBSb, 2021 ); further, 1.96 million tons of wastewater, accounting for 10.5% of the total industrial wastewater consumption, were discharged into sewage treatment plants (Liu et al., 2020 ). As the second largest industrial polluter after the oil industry, the apparel industry is a 10% contributor to global carbon emissions (Muthukumarana et al., 2018 ). Additionally, the ineffective disposal of textiles has become an increasingly serious concern in sustainable development (Xu et al., 2019 ). The significant quantities of textile waste entering landfills each year have resulted in severe pollution and chemical hazards. Annual estimates of the amount of textiles landfilled in 2016 in the USA, China, and the EU were 29.3, 14.5, and 9.6 kg per capita, respectively (Bukhari et al., 2018 ). Therefore, to alleviate the adverse impact on the environment and society, the TAI must incorporate sustainable principles.

In recent decades, the sustainable development of the textile and apparel industry (SDTAI) has widely focused on theoretical and industrial modes. Scholars from different disciplines have conducted many studies on SDTAI, involving numerous research fields, such as sustainable consumption behavior (Hong & Kang, 2019 ; Rausch & Kopplin, 2021 ), sustainable production (Alkaya & Demirer, 2014 ; Ozturk et al., 2015 ), ethical apparel (Carey & Cervellon, 2014 ; Choi et al., 2012 ), sustainable design (Fletcher, 2014 ; Niinimaki & Hassi, 2011 ), and sustainable business models (Becker-Leifhold & Iran, 2018 ; Hirscher et al., 2018 ). With thousands of studies in this field, understanding the research focus and status quo is difficult; furthermore, we can easily overlook the research-associated risks and practice improvements in key issues and major areas.

A literature review is an expedient approach to gain insight into a specific field of study (He et al., 2017 ). Several studies have reviewed relevant literature on SDTAI. Such as, Luo et al. ( 2021 ) reviewed the environmental sustainability assessment methods and discussed about their limitations in the TAI; Mukendi et al. ( 2020 ) reviewed research on management perspectives for sustainable fashion and identified social impacts and chances for further research; Islam et al. ( 2021 ) conducted a review of environmentally sustainable practices in a variety of manufacturing processes in the TAI and developed a conceptual framework to provide guidance on sustainable practice; Thorisdottir and Johannsdottir ( 2020 ) reviewed the document published from 2003 to 2019, focusing on the impact of corporate social responsibility on sustainability of fashion industry; Additionally, Jia et al. ( 2020 ) analyzed the drivers, obstacles, practices and metrics of circular economy in the TAI and proposed a conceptual model; Köksal et al. ( 2017 ) provided a review of the social issues in the TAI on sustainable supply chain management; and Tey et al. ( 2018 ) reviewed the key drivers that influence consumers' willingness on paying more when purchasing sustainable clothing products. Although these studies have made significant contributions to SDTAI, they focus particularly on specific aspects, but do not provide a systematic and extensive view. Furthermore, the manual review method is mainly employed in existing reviews, which is prone to bias in terms of limitations in subjective interpretations, the number of articles reviewed, and a lack of producibility (Hammersley, 2001 ; Markoulli et al., 2017 ).

To address the above deficiencies, this study employed scientometrics analysis, a quantitative method aimed at reducing bias caused by manual review, to provide a comprehensive and objective summary of the existing literature. A comprehensive and quantitative review of relevant research will help researchers and industry stakeholders learn about the research status quo and a consideration of future directions. Thus, this study performed a holistic review of relevant studies in the field of SDTAI with scientometric methods. It aims to respectively identify knowledge base (e.g. unstructured key research topics), knowledge hotspots (e.g. unstructured key research topics), and knowledge domains (e.g. structured key research topics) through keyword co-occurrence networks, document co-citation networks, and clustering analysis techniques. We also propose knowledge structures with different saliencies and knowledge roadmaps based on an in-depth analysis of the research results.

This study applied scientometric methods to conduct a comprehensive review of research associated with SDTAI. Scientometrics is referred to the visualization or drawing of knowledge domains (Pollack & Adler, 2015 ), a technique that provides quantitative research for literature reviews. The evolution process and structural relationship can be revealed by scientometric analysis in a specific field in terms of a large-scale academic dataset (Chen et al., 2009 ). In addition, a broader and more diverse set of relevant topics can be studied than with traditional methods (Li et al., 2017 ). It can also improve objectivity and reliability of study results (Zhai et al., 2020 ). Researchers in numerous fields have used scientometric methods to draw and examine the intellectual landscape and research topics (Hood & Wilson, 2001 ; Zhao, 2017 ). The research method included three stages: tool selection, data collection, and data analysis.

Tool selection

Mainstream software tools for scientometrics analysis mainly include VOSViewer, Ucinet, BibExcel, SCIMAT, and CiteSpace, among others (Cobo et al., 2011 ). Among these tools, CiteSpace, developed by Chen Chaomei of Drexel University, is characterized by a more comprehensive integration of analysis methods, mainly involving co-occurrence analysis, evolutionary trend detection, cluster detection, and visual analysis functions. CiteSpace is used extensively in various fields, including management, medicine, environmental science, computer science, information science, and social science (Yang & Meng, 2019 ). Therefore, CiteSpace (5.6.R1) was used in the present research.

Data collection

For this study, the Web of Science Core Collection Database Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) and Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), by Clarivate Analytics, were selected to obtain bibliographic data, as they consist of the core and influential journal articles in many fields (Pouris & Pouris, 2011 ). Each bibliographic record contains an author list, title, abstract, keywords, and references. Each reference includes the origin type, volume number, first author's name, publication year, and DOI reference. Using the advanced search function of the Web of Science, bibliographic data was retrieved using two keywords, which were (“textile” or “apparel” or “fashion” or “garment” or “clothing”) and (“sustainability” or “sustainable development”). Additionally, journal articles written in English were selected as the literature type. Journal articles published from 1987 to 2019 were selected. Based on the above retrieval criteria, the search obtained 863 records of original research articles.

Data analysis

Specifically, this study mainly adopted keyword co-occurrence analysis, document co-citation analysis, and cluster analysis using the CiteSpace software tool for scientometric analysis. First, the keywords that appeared in the fewest two diverse documents during the same period were obtained by keyword co-occurrence analysis (Luo et al., 2019 ). The critical research focus or directions at a specific time were identified using high-frequency keywords. The keyword extraction method used in this paper is the original keywords of the literature. These high-frequency keywords were considered the knowledge base in a certain research domain. Second, highly cited documents in a certain area were acquired using document co-citation analysis (Small, 1973 ). Documents cited jointly repeatedly in a particular field have potentially greater influence and report much more similar or related concepts when compared with those that are less cited (Chen et al., 2010 ). Knowledge hotspots were obtained through document co-citation analysis. Third, cluster analysis detected clusters using CiteSpace. The literature topics in the same cluster were more similar than those in other clusters. Thus, the knowledge domains were obtained via the clustering analysis, which likely detected significant details concealed in a mass of information and pursued research fronts, as compared to other scientometric approaches (Li et al., 2017 ).

Keyword co-occurrence analysis (knowledge base)

Keywords denote the core content of an article. Thus, keyword analysis can be used to identify critical research topics related to a scientific domain (Zhu & Hua, 2017 ). The keyword co-occurrence network was constituted by 170 nodes and 962 links sourced from the database, as shown in Fig.  1 . Each node represents one keyword, whose magnitude is proportional to the co-occurrence frequencies. Since keywords are closely related to the core of the literature, analyzing similar keywords can be helpful in identifying the core of SDTAI research. The terms are being grouped below, such as sustainability, sustainable development, green, and sustainable fashion can be grouped into one category. As listed in Table 1 , the top 60 terms had 2,081 co-occurrence frequencies, representing up to 92% of all the keyword frequencies.

Keyword co-occurrence network for the sustainable development of the textile and apparel industry (SDTAI)

As shown by the co-occurrence frequencies in Table 1 , the following keywords are the most commonly used: sustainability/sustainable development/green/sustainable fashion (414 times), consumption/behavior/consumer/attitude/perception/knowledge/intention/decision making/willingness to pay/consumer behavior/planned behavior/motivation (245 times), textile/fashion/apparel/textile industry/clothing/fashion industry/apparel industry (188 times), management/supply chain/supply chain management (154 times), impact/environmental management/environmental sustainability/climate change/environment/energy (130 times), and corporate social responsibility/social responsibility/csr/responsibility (92 times). Therefore, we can conclude that sustainable supply chain management, sustainable consumer behavior, and corporate social responsibility are the basic components of SDTAI. The remaining 54 primary keywords in Table 1 mainly involved the following four groups.

Performance and model were also important research areas, with occurrence frequencies of 87 and 61, respectively. To allow businesses to concurrently satisfy both sustainability and economic performance, the sustainable business model concept has been utilized in the TAI (Thorisdottir & Johannsdottir, 2019 ). The business model is the structure of an enterprise's mechanism for creating, delivering and capturing value. (Teece, 2010 ). Incorporating sustainability into textile and apparel (TA) business models is essential for recognizing barriers and disturbances to the realization of economic, environmental, or social sustainable development goals (Manninen et al., 2018 ). Some studies focus on diverse methods of introducing sustainability into the business model of the TAI, such as the acquisition of competitive edge, innovation, and model structure. (Sorescu et al., 2011 ; Westerlund, 2013 ). Several studies have concentrated on how to evaluate and report on the sustainability of the TA business model (Park & Kim, 2016 ).

Life cycle assessment (LCA) is a critical topic, with a co-occurrence frequency of 45. LCA is an environmental management and decision support tool for the full life cycle of TA products, including raw material production and acquisition, design, manufacture, transportation, distribution, utilization, and disposal (Yasin et al., 2016 ). LCA provides industry stakeholders with a scientific basis for the assessment and management of environmental sustainability and identifies improvement strategies. Therefore, LCA has been extensively adopted by researchers in TAI (Kazan et al., 2020 ; van der Velden et al., 2014 ; Yacout et al., 2016 ). Most previous related studies have focused on environmental sustainability assessments of textiles and apparel products [e.g., medical textiles (Ponder, 2009 ), bed sheets (De Saxce et al., 2012 ), cotton T-shirts (Kazan et al., 2020 ; Zhang et al., 2015 ), recovered cotton (Esteve-Turrillas & de la Guardia, 2017 ), antibacterial T-shirts (Manda et al., 2015 ), carpets (Sim & Prabhu, 2018 ), and cloth diapers (Hoffmann et al., 2020 ), among others] and various types of natural and chemical fibers (Astudillo et al., 2014 ; Kalliala & Nousiainen, 1999 ; Liu et al., 2021 ; Muthu et al., 2012 ; Qian et al., 2021 ; van der Velden et al., 2014 ; Yacout et al., 2016 ; Yang et al., 2020 ).

Textile products and raw materials are also an important research area, with occurrence frequencies of 37 and 37, respectively. Given the significant environmental and resource challenges associated with textile production, such as waste gas and wastewater emissions, energy consumption, toxic chemicals, and solid waste, most studies address environmental sustainability at various levels, such as the raw material production, fiber production, product manufacturing, and product disposal stages of the textile product life cycle (Kazan et al., 2020 ; Roos et al., 2018 ; Yasin et al., 2018 ; Zhang et al., 2018 ). A number of studies have focused on the environmental impacts of raw material production, such as cotton, organic cotton, acrylic, wool, hemp, nylon, viscose, silk, and polyester (Astudillo et al., 2014 ; Kalliala & Nousiainen, 1999 ; Muthu et al., 2012 ; Yacout et al., 2016 ; Yang et al., 2020 ).

Design (sustainable design) is another critical topic in TAI, with an occurrence frequency of 35. Numerous adverse environmental and social impacts of TA products are a result of production, consumption, and disposal. Design activities have an important impact on the production, consumption, and disposal of TA products across many aspects, such as material selection, energy/water use, processes, and manufacturing, as well as the purchase, use, and disposal of apparel by consumers (Kozlowski et al., 2018 ). To realize SDTAI, designers play an irreplaceable role (Kozlowski et al., 2019 ; Niinimaki & Hassi, 2011 ). In this context, scholars and enterprises increasingly consider the integration of the sustainability concept into TA design process. At present, some studies have developed several sustainable apparel design tools for designers, e.g., considerate design (Black et al., 2012 ), considered take-and-return (Aakko & Koskennurmi-Sivonen, 2013 ), and Cradle to Cradle Apparel Design (Gam et al., 2009 ). Additionally, to achieve sustainability, some strategies have been proposed for designers, such as slow fashion (Štefko & Steffek, 2018 ), longevity design (Connor-Crabb et al., 2016 ; Niinimaki & Hassi, 2011 ), cradle-to-cradle design (Michel & Lee, 2017 ), and upgrade recycling and remanufacturing design (Sara L. C. Han et al., 2017 ).

Document co-citation analysis (knowledge hotspots)

Figure  2 shows a document co-citation network with 193 nodes and 332 links generated from 863 articles, visualized and analyzed by CiteSpace. During the CiteSpace analysis, the timeline from 1987 to 2019 was divided into a set of periods, each of which was two years. In each two-year period, the first 25 most frequently cited studies were selected for co-citation analysis.

Document co-citation network for the sustainable development of the textile and apparel industry (SDTAI)

In the network, every node represented the citation status of the article while the links represented the co-citation relations. The larger node size represented frequently cited publication, implying that these papers have substantially contributed to the SDTAI field. According to Fig.  2 , the top 10 most commonly referenced documents from 1987 to 2019, consisting of one book and nine journal articles, are shown in Table 2 .

Based on the top 10 frequently co-cited documents, the most important research topics can be preliminarily verified in the SDTAI domain, including sustainable supply chain management, sustainable consumer behavior, sustainable design, and sustainable business model.

As presented in Fig.  2 and Table 2 , sustainable supply chain management is an important research topic. Using the exploratory case study method, Caniato et al. ( 2012 ) analyzed the motivation, practice, and performance metrics of green supply chain management in companies of different sizes in the TAI. Their research results showed that large firms are more concerned with product and process improvements, as well as related gradual alterations, as compared to small firms. From the perspective of inbound and outbound firms, small firms can fully redesign their supply chain owing to their small size, whereas large firms focus only on certain aspects. Based on the perspectives of stakeholders, de Brito et al. ( 2008 ) discussed the impact that the sustainability movement has on the organization and performance of the apparel retail supply chain, expounded the challenges and conflicts from different dimensions of sustainable development, and investigated how to use internal and external organizations in the European supply chain. Seuring and Mueller ( 2008 ) proposed a conceptual framework for sustainable supply chain management by summarizing existing knowledge systems. At the same time, related research in this field mainly focuses on environmental aspects. However, relatively few studies focus on society and the integration of the three dimensions of sustainability. Based on the theoretical framework of Seuring and Mueller ( 2008 ), Turker and Altuntas ( 2014 ) proposed the status quo of sustainable supply chain management from a conceptual perspective in the TAI. The results of their study showed that raising the overall performance of supply chain sustainability requires these companies not only attach great importance to abiding by the supplier code of conduct, but also to further supervise audit actions, and formulate supplier sustainability standards. These actions can reduce production problems in developing countries.

Based on Fig.  2 , sustainable consumer behavior in the TAI is also a key research topic. Joy et al. ( 2012 ) analyzed the internal disharmony of fast-fashion consumers, who often pay attention to environmental issues, even if they are concerned with consumption patterns that run counter to ecological best practices. Niinimäki ( 2010 ) discussed eco-fashion consumption and consumer purchasing decisions. Their research results showed that moral commitment and values are powerful driving forces for the purchase of eco-clothes. The existing attitude-behavior gap in the eco-fashion field results from designers, manufacturers, and retailers that do not understand the needs and expectations of consumers. Using a literature review and case study approach, Shen ( 2014 ) identified and analyzed sustainable fashion supply chain structures, primarily from a consumer perspective, and presented sustainable operations and lessons at H&M.

As presented in Fig.  2 and Table 2 , sustainable design in the TAI has become increasingly essential. Niinimäki and Hassi ( 2011 ) analyzed consumer interest in design strategies, such as longevity assurance, product satisfaction, product attachment, and emotional satisfaction with the design and service. They proposed a set of design and manufacturing strategies based on these design methods to reduce the impact on the environment during manufacturing and consumption processes. Two versions of sustainable fashion and textiles design proposed by Fletcher ( 2008 ) summarized how design concepts and strategies can be used to shape more sustainable products and promote social change throughout the entire lifecycle of a product. Additionally, these studies have explored design approaches to change the scale and nature of consumption, such as service design, localization, speed, and user engagement.

According to Fig.  2 and Table 2 , the sustainable business model is the main focus area of current research. The TAI requires innovative sustainable business models to reduce its impact on the environment; a number of opportunities are available through the product service system. Armstrong et al. ( 2015 ) explored the positive and negative views of consumers on the characteristics of textiles and apparel product service system to identify obstacles and feasible methods for implementing the product service system model. Their study found that environmental benefits and emotions were the main drivers of positive perceptions. A lapse in service provider confidence and perceived obstacles to accessibility were the main drivers of negative perceptions.

Cluster analysis (knowledge domains)

Document co-citation networks can provide further insight into the SDTAI while cluster analysis allows for the investigation and detection of important subjects, content, and interrelationships (Si et al., 2019 ). CiteSpace can identify clusters of co-cited references, where each cluster corresponds to an underlying theme, a topic, or a line of research. CiteSpace uses three statistical methods for cluster analysis: the log-likelihood ratio (LLR) test, term frequency-inverse document frequency (TF  ∗  IDF), and mutual information (MI) test (Zhao, 2017 ). Therefore, cluster analysis by CiteSpace was used to analyze the documents to obtain the main clusters. The cluster labels are automatically selected from the top-ranked noun phrases for each cluster, and noun phrases are extracted from titles, keywords, and abstracts of the publications.

Based on Fig.  3 and Table 3 , the top five clusters were obtained, with their silhouette score > 0.758, showing the homogeneity of a cluster. The number of documents in each cluster determined the cluster size. The largest cluster, with 29 documents, was cluster #0. The smallest cluster, with 15 documents, was cluster #4.

Clusters in the knowledge domain for the sustainable development of the textile and apparel industry (SDTAI)

Cluster #0, i.e., “business performance,” including 29 articles, represented a sustainable business model. The sustainable business model concept has been utilized in the TAI (Nosratabadi et al., 2019 ; Pal & Gander, 2018 ; Todeschini et al., 2017 ; Weissbrod & Bocken, 2017 ). A sustainable business model is a structure used to explore the creation and acquisition of value by a company, aiming to achieve sustainability objectives by adopting active multi-stakeholder management, innovation, and perennial perspectives (Bocken et al., 2014 ; Boons & Lüdeke-Freund, 2013 ). The sustainable business model effectively reduces the harmful environmental and social impacts of business activities by providing solutions that help companies achieve both economic and sustainability goals. Therefore, in response to adverse social and environmental impacts, researchers have attempted to propose instruments and approaches for designing sustainable business models. For example, based on the development of a novel design instrument, known as reDesign canvas, Kozlowski et al. ( 2018 ) proposed a business model canvas containing twelve bricks to ensure that entrepreneurs develop a sustainable TA brand. Hirscher et al. ( 2018 ) proposed transforming users into worth originators to create sustainable business models in TA design and manufacturing by applying do-it-yourself and do-it-together design strategies. Additionally, some studies have discussed various textile and clothing business models, ranging from collaborative consumption models of textile and clothing products (e.g., leasing, sharing, and exchange) (Armstrong et al., 2015 , 2016 ; Becker-Leifhold & Iran, 2018 ; Iran & Schrader, 2017 ; Pal, 2017 ; Strähle & Erhard, 2017 ; Todeschini et al., 2017 ) to used retail (Becker-Leifhold & Iran, 2018 ; Haug & Busch, 2016 ; Strähle & Höhn, 2017 ; Strähle & Klatt, 2017 ) and upcycled goods (Pal, 2017 ).

Cluster #1, i.e., “ethics,” including 26 articles, represented ethics fashion. Ethical fashion refers to a method of designing, buying, and manufacturing apparel that not only maximizes the benefits for people and communities, but also minimizes the impact on the environment via the Ethical Fashion Forum (Haug & Busch, 2016 ). This mode is already a means for apparel corporations to satisfy consumers' desire for sustainability. Apparel companies usually focus on the following aspects of ethical fashion: the environmental sustainability of products and fair trade compliance in terms of procurement and production methods (Barnes & Joergens, 2006 ). Ethical manufacturing and consumer interest in ethical fashion are highly important for many scholars (Niinimäki, 2010 ). Carey and Cervellon ( 2014 ) discussed the attitudes of self-selected fashion-oriented consumers toward ethical fashion by surveying and comparing consumers in Canada, France, and the United Kingdom. Based on comparisons of ethical fashion choices in different countries, Barnes and Joergens ( 2006 ) and Joy et al. ( 2012 ) found that ethical standards can be used in purchasing decisions, which are usually not applied in fashion choices. Choi et al. ( 2012 ) explored consumer concerns, beliefs, and knowledge of ethical fashion. Their results showed that consumer faith in ethical fashion will affect approval for companies that practice sustainable principles.

Cluster #2, i.e., “supply chain management,” included 23 articles. TA consumers widely address environmental and social issues; thus, the translation of sustainability principles into operational practices in the supply chain has become increasingly important (Macchion et al., 2018 ). An effective sustainable supply chain can enhance the brand image of a company and reach a wider range of ethical consumers (Faisal, 2010 ). Therefore, companies should attempt to achieve strong competitiveness in the market (Yang et al., 2010 ). Existing studies related to sustainable supply chain management mainly focus on specific areas, such as new product development, ecological materials production, sustainable production, green distribution, and green retail, among others (Macchion et al., 2018 ; Morana & Seuring, 2011 ; Shen, 2014 ). Some scholars have discussed the driving factors and obstacles in sustainable supply chain management. Diabat et al. ( 2014 ) suggest that certain factors, such as employee participation, stability, and the community economy, are important in implementing sustainable supply chain management. Li et al. ( 2014 ) showed that strengthening the internal governance of enterprises and effective cooperation with stakeholders can aid in the realization of the sustainability of fast fashion supply chain management. Furthermore, fashion brands are currently in the process of identifying best practices based on economic, social, and environmental considerations by integrating environmentally friendly materials, ethical labor practices, renewable energy, and green manufacturing in terms of sustainable strategies within the fashion supply chain (Nayak et al., 2019 ). However, thus far, sustainability issues have been mainly addressed from the social or environmental standpoint; further full and comprehensive studies should be encouraged (Marshall et al., 2015 ).

Cluster #3, i.e., “manufacturing firms,” including 19 articles, was related to sustainable production. The TAI faces several issues, such as climate change, environmental pollution, resource depletion, ecological damage, strict regulatory systems, demand for sustainable textiles, and increased textile consumption. Therefore, improving sustainable production levels is an urgent issue that requires a solution (Desore & Narula, 2018 ; Jeswani et al., 2008 ). To cope with the above-mentioned problems in TA production, many TA factories around the world have successfully developed and implemented sustainable production methods (Alkaya & Demirer, 2014 ). Some researchers have focused on redesigning contamination and waste control systems. For example, environmental techniques (anaerobic biotechnology, membrane-based techniques, and nanofiltration, among others) can be combined to decrease wastewater discharge and increase renewable energy use (Dasgupta et al., 2015 ; dos Santos et al., 2007 ; Ozturk et al., 2015 ; Wenzel & Knudsen, 2005 ; Zabaniotou & Andreou, 2010 ). Moreover, Wenzel and Knudsen ( 2005 ) suggest that water and water-based energy and chemicals can be collected and reused via process integration. Additionally, various studies have focused on redesigning the manufacturing process from an environmental sustainability perspective. For example, some technologies (i.e., retrofitting water softening systems, using drip irrigation flushing, and diverse valves and accessories related to water distribution) have been applied to enterprises (Chico et al., 2013 ; Dasgupta et al., 2015 ; Khandegar & Saroha, 2013 ; Narayanaswamy & Scott, 2001 ; Nieminen et al., 2007 ). Furthermore, some studies have focused on the use of natural fibers, natural dyes, recycled materials, ecological materials, and renewable energy in production (Doty et al., 2016 ; Na & Na, 2015 ; Niinimäki & Hassi, 2011 ; Şen, 2008 ; Sezen, 2013 ; Zabaniotou & Andreou, 2010 ).

Cluster #4, i.e., “consumer behavior,” including 15 articles, was relevant to sustainable consumer behavior. The TAI is consumer-driven. Demand for products is widely influenced by consumer knowledge, values, and perceptions (Butler, 1997 ; Dickson, 2000 ). Thus, there is extensive research examining the barriers and incentives for sustainable consumption in the TAI (Freudenreich & Schaltegger, 2020 ). For instance, raising consumer awareness of apparel sustainability issues can subsequently alter their behavior (Harris et al., 2016 ). Almeida ( 2015 ) and Ma et al. ( 2017 ) examined the effects of eco-labeling and sustainability labeling on the consumer behavior with respect to textiles and apparel. Nam et al. ( 2017 ) addressed the factors that affect consumer purchases of green sportswear. Saricam and Okur ( 2019 ) adopted the Fritzsche model to examine the effect of personal values on the ethical fashion consumption behavior of consumers. Hong and Kang ( 2019 ) investigated how moral philosophy and moral intensity affect consumer willingness to buy sustainable TA products. Some studies have found that fit and style factors also dominate apparel-related decisions (Bly et al., 2015 ). Only a minority of "ethically hardline" consumers regard sustainability criteria as a primary factor in their apparel purchasing decisions (Niinimäki, 2010 ). Additionally, by understanding the attitude-behavior gap, some studies have investigated the obstacles that restrict consumers from buying green apparel (Maloney et al., 2014 ; Phau et al., 2015 ; Wiederhold & Martinez, 2018 ).

By adopting the scientometrics approach, this study analyzed the knowledge base, hotspots, and domains of SDTAI, followed by integrating them into a knowledge roadmap, as shown in Fig.  4 . The knowledge base, domain, and structure formed a knowledge roadmap for the SDTAI. The knowledge base consisted of 60 main keywords obtained from the keyword co-occurrence analysis. The knowledge domains included business performance, ethics, supply chain management, manufacturing firms, and consumer behavior, as identified through cluster analysis. According to the knowledge base, hotspots, and domains, the knowledge structure was developed, involving corporate social responsibility, sustainable business model, LCA, textile products and raw materials, sustainable design, ethics, supply chain management, manufacturing firms, and consumer behavior. These research topics were further grouped into five systems: design, manufacturing, evaluation, management, and marketing. Sustainable design systems for TA involve the use of sustainable design methods and strategies in the product design phase to improve the sustainability performance of TA products throughout their life cycle. TA design aspects have a wide range of environmental and social impacts on the selection, production, purchase, and use of raw materials for products, and have received widespread attention from academia and the practical community. Currently, some scholars have explored the factors influencing the implementation of sustainable design practices for TA. In addition, several scholars have also conducted relevant research on sustainable design methods and strategies for TA.

Knowledge roadmap for the sustainable development of the textile and apparel industry (SDTAI)

Sustainable manufacturing systems for TA, on the one hand, focus on improving the environmental sustainability of raw material production and processing processes in the TAI, such as animal feeding, plant cultivation, chemical fiber production and natural fiber production processes. On the other hand, it focuses on improving the environmental sustainability of TA production processes, such as spinning, weaving, dyeing and finishing, sewing, and wastewater waste treatment processes. Currently, some scholars have explored the environmental impacts of various fibers and products such as yarns, textiles and garments, while others focus on sustainable production methods and technologies for the TAI.

The TA sustainability assessment system mainly involves the life cycle environmental impact assessment method, which is an international standardized environmental management and decision support tool that can quantitatively evaluate and manage the environmental impact of TA products throughout their life cycle process, and is widely recognized and applied in the TAI. At present, scholars have mainly carried out the quantification and evaluation of environmental impacts in the fields of various fibers and yarns, textiles and garments, and recycling of textiles and garments.

Sustainable management systems for TA are mainly concerned with various aspects of interaction and management between different stakeholders in the life cycle of TA products. While improving corporate profitability, it can also effectively reduce the negative environmental and social impacts of business activities. For example, by building a sustainable business model, enterprises can achieve the integration of economic and sustainable development; companies also integrate sustainability with supply chain management to build a sustainable supply chain, strengthen internal corporate governance and effective cooperation with stakeholders; in addition, they focus on corporate social responsibility by managing social impact aspects such as human rights and work environment.

Sustainable marketing systems for TA are mainly concerned with influencing consumer behavior during the purchase, use, and disposal of goods and raising consumer awareness of sustainability. Presently, a number of scholars focus on the barriers and stimuli to sustainable consumption, consumers' perceived value, attitudes, intentions and behaviors toward sustainable products. In addition, some scholars focus on an approach to designing, purchasing, and manufacturing apparel-ethical fashion, exploring attitudes, interests, environmental sustainability, and fair trade compliance in sourcing and production methods for ethical fashion products.

Based on the analysis of the knowledge base, knowledge domain, and knowledge structure, the research status quo for the SDTAI can be understood via the knowledge roadmap presented in Fig.  4 . As research on the SDTAI is an expanding and multidisciplinary domain, the knowledge roadmap could change in the future. Nevertheless, this study presents a mapping methodology and knowledge roadmap that can serve as a guide for future changes.

The results from the scientometric analysis can be helpful in providing a comprehensive knowledge framework in the SDTAI domain, thus preventing experts from ignoring broader related topics. Additionally, the SDTAI can be continuously performed to obtain updated knowledge.

Conclusions

Raw material acquisition, processing and manufacturing, distribution and transportation, and consumer use and disposal have generated significant environmental and social impacts. Therefore, many practitioners and scholars have focused on sustainability problems in the TAI. However, efforts to fully review these studies are rare. The objective of this study was to provide a comprehensive and quantitative review in the field of SDTAI using the scientometrics approach. Based on the bibliometric review, we propose a knowledge roadmap for SDTAI, which can review its current research and practice and provide valuable references for academia and industry. Additionally, as the research theories and practices in the field of SDTAI continue to develop and improve, relevant research data should be updated regularly, and the knowledge roadmap of TAI can be further improved in future research.

Specifically, the results of this study showed the following. (1) A total of 60 main keywords for the sustainable development knowledge base in the TAI were identified (Table 1 ). (2) Four research hotspots (sustainable supply chain management, sustainable consumer behavior, sustainable design, and sustainable business model) were identified in the SDTAI domain. (3) The SDTAI knowledge domain was identified, including business performance, ethics, supply chain management, manufacturing firms, and consumer behavior. (4) the knowledge structure consisted of nine subjects (corporate social responsibility, business performance, LCA, textile products and raw materials, sustainable design, ethics, supply chain management, manufacturing firms, and consumer behavior), The nine subjects are further divided into five major systems (design, manufacturing, assessment, management, and marketing).

Based on a review of SDTAI over the past thirty-two years, some possible directions for further investigation are identified. First, existing research has focused on how to guide sustainable consumption behavior of TA consumers, however, there is a lack of focus on whether consumers have the ability to implement sustainable consumption of TA, but the strength of sustainable consumption ability is closely related to achieving sustainable consumption behavior. Therefore, there is a need for future research related to the sustainable consumption ability of TA. Second, although research on influencing factors, methods and strategies, and tools for sustainable design of TA has been carried out, research methods in this area are mostly based on interviews or case studies, and there is a lack of quantitative and empirical research. In addition, there is a lack of quantitative sustainable design tools. Therefore, to promote sustainable design methods to be widely used in practice, the above related aspects should be explored in the future. Thirdly, existing studies have used single or multiple indicators to account for and assess the environmental impacts of TA products based on life cycle theory, and have obtained a large amount of quantitative data on environmental impacts. However, at present, the environmental information of TA supply chains or products is not transparent and traceable, and the quality and reliability of the data are questioned by consumers and society, which poses a challenge to the implementation of sustainable development. With the development of science and technology, modern information technologies such as blockchain, Internet of Things, big data analysis and visualization can be used in the future to achieve transparency, authenticity and traceability of environmental information in the TAI.

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Textile, apparel, and fashion (TAF) industries contribute significantly to global environmental pollution at every point of the supply chain. Clothing manufacturing and transportation produce a large volume of waste and high greenhouse gas emissions, often taking advantage of cheap labor in developing countries. As a result, stakeholders are becoming more aware of the effect of the textile, apparel, and fashion industries on the climate and human rights, thus pushing businesses to mitigate their environmental damage. This paper offers a systematic literature review of sustainability trends in the TAF industries in the last 20 years. Bibliometric tools are also used to support the content analysis of the papers. The findings reveal three primary research areas in the TAF context: consumers’ behaviour towards sustainable clothing, circular economy initiatives, and sustainability challenges across the whole supply chain. As a result, this study highlights literature gaps and provides future research suggestions for each identified research cluster. In addition, drivers and barriers to implementing corporate social responsibility and circular economy practices are identified. Consequently, this study will help researchers and academicians work in this area to identify unexplored sub-fields, which reflect some potential investigation areas for expanding scientific literature on the topic. Finally, this study supports practitioners and managers in exploring the main research themes addressed in the scientific field, providing knowledge to improve and align business models with current sustainability trends.

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The production and consumption of clothes have consistently increased over the past few decades due to rapid population growth, increasing global incomes, and higher living standards (Shirvanimoghaddam et al., 2020 ). Rather than evaluating how design and production can incorporate consumer desires and sustainability, clothes are engineered and manufactured for rapid trend turnovers via obsolescence and early disposal, allowing for fast income (Kozlowski et al., 2018 ). This type of business model makes textile, apparel, and fashion (TAF) industries among the most polluting in the world (Grazzini et al., 2021 ), generating a huge volume of clothing waste (Chan et al., 2020 ). Indeed, less than 1% of all textiles are recycled back into clothes, 25% of textile waste is reused or recycled, and 75% of textile trash is disposed of in landfills globally (Ellen MacArthur Foundation, 2017 ). In terms of water consumption, the fashion industry ranks second globally (Paździor et al., 2017 ). In addition, the natural ecosystem suffers greatly from the dispersion into the environment of coloured effluents and microplastics, which occurs mainly in the clothing production and disposal stages (Liu et al., 2021 ; Sadeghi-Kiakhani et al., 2021 ). The COVID-19 pandemic has increased this phenomenon: the management of recently emerging wastes, often known as "COVID wastes," including cloth facemasks, is causing growing concern due to the release of microplastics into the environment (Shirvanimoghaddam et al., 2022 ). A potential solution to reduce the environmental consequences of cloth facemasks is using natural and biodegradable polymers for their production, such as wood-based polymers (Shirvanimoghaddam et al., 2022 ). In addition, textile waste can be repurposed for different applications. For instance, they can be used as a renewable source to produce thermal energy (Nunes et al., 2018 ). Pyrolysis is a desirable substitute for incineration in the treatment of textile waste to increase the economic benefits (Yousef et al., 2019 ). In addition, cotton waste can be a perfect material for creating high-performance catalysts and removing pollutants from the environment due to its natural state and affordability (Fakhrhoseini et al., 2020 ; Shirvanimoghaddam et al., 2019 ). Finally, different reusing and recycling methods for managing textile waste can be employed, such as anaerobic digestion, fermentation, composting, and fibre regeneration (Juanga-Labayen et al., 2022 ).

Furthermore, TAF industries account for eight to ten percentage of global greenhouse gas emissions (Shrivastava et al., 2021 ), recognised as the leading cause of global warming, those effects in nature create floods, droughts, hurricanes, and sea-level rise, which are becoming more common in daily life (Mishra et al., 2021 ). As a result, governments and institutions led to the Paris Agreement on climate change in December 2015, where 195 countries have committed to keeping the temperature rise below 2 °C (Doukas et al., 2018 ). Furthermore, fashion companies often entrust the transformation process of raw materials into finished clothing to developing countries, significantly affecting their social sustainability (Chan et al., 2020 ). Consequently, in addition to issues concerning carbon emissions, water consumption, and waste disposal, another major problem of the fashion industry is the overuse of employees working in outsourced production units in countries with unsafe work environments and lower labour costs (Shrivastava et al., 2021 ). According to the triple bottom line (TBL) framework, which was coined by Elkington, ( 1998 ), the performance of an apparel company should be thus measured taking into account three dimensions: economic, environmental, and social. Further, these three dimensions should be balanced, rather than just seeing economic factors as a means for society (Weisenfeld & Hauerwaas, 2018 ). However, in long and fragmented supply chains like apparel, harmonising these three dimensions entails difficult commitment and cooperation from different actors (Bubicz et al., 2021 ; Freise & Seuring, 2015 ; Huq et al., 2016 ). The longer and more complex the chain becomes, the less contact there is between the different stakeholders, and monitoring of compliance with codes of behaviour becomes more complex (Bubicz et al., 2021 ; Egels-Zandén et al., 2015 ; Macchion et al., 2015 ; Sardar et al., 2016 ; Taylor, 2011 ; Wilhelm et al., 2016 ). Government regulatory pressures are continuously coercing businesses to implement substantial changes at the technological, material, organisational, economic, and socio-cultural levels (Kivimaa et al., 2019 ). Further, in 2015, United Nations launched the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), characterised by 17 global goals and 169 targets, which aim to encourage all countries to prioritise environmental sustainability, social inclusion, and economic development (United Nations, 2015 ). These goals demonstrate the severity and scope of today's sustainability issues (Sauermann et al., 2020 ). Therefore, in order to achieve the SDGs, fashion companies must improve their corporate social responsibility (CSR) commitment in diverse areas, promoting more sustainable production and consumption models (SDG12), reducing water consumption (SDG6), and ensuring decent working conditions (SDG8).

As a result of these concerns and due to the growing interest in the United Nations SDGs, in recent years TAF industries are more prone to pay attention to sustainability issues (Islam et al., 2020 ; Kabir et al., 2019 ). TAF industries have been establishing initiatives considering eco-efficiency concepts and aspiring to implement environmental practices, including sustainability reporting activities (Muñoz-Torres et al., 2021 ), which generate, in turn, cost savings (Lucato et al., 2017 ). Improving resource efficiency by extending the useful life of products or services is one way to promote sustainable development through a more circular economy (Rainville, 2021 ). In this context, the product-as-a-service model, or rental model, is often associated with a number of advantages, including a decrease in the environmental impact, an improvement in competitiveness, and an increase in user value (Monticelli & Costamagna, 2022 ). Further, companies operating in TAF industries are looking for creative and innovative ways to keep their carbon emissions low and minimise waste (Kozlowski et al., 2018 ), an example is the use of biodegradable and recycled raw materials (Wang et al., 2019 ). Likewise, consumers are now becoming more aware of the ethical issues of the goods they purchase, and as a result, they are changing their shopping habits (De Angelis et al., 2017 ; Gershoff & Frels, 2015 ; Grazzini et al., 2021 ), thus pushing fashion industry to become eco-friendly.

Given the increasing attention on the topic, different researchers conducted literature reviews on sustainability in the fashion industry from diverse points of view. Notably, Koeksal et al. ( 2017 ) focused on social aspects in textile/apparel sustainable supply chain management (SSCM). Paras and Pal ( 2018 ) reviewed the literature to establish and suggest a theoretical framework for a reuse-based clothing value chain. Koszewska ( 2018 ) identified the textile sector's challenges in adapting to the circular economy (CE) model. Dordevic et al. ( 2019 ) reviewed different CSR theories and methods used in the textile/apparel industry. Wagner and Heinzel ( 2020 ) analysed the literature on CE in the fashion industry, focusing on consumer behaviours concerning the sustainable purchase, usage, consumption, and disposal. Islam et al. ( 2020 ) summarised the primary environmentally friendly practices adopted by TAF industries. Jia et al. ( 2020 ) identified drivers, barriers, strategies, and performance measures for the CE in the fashion industry. Finally, Ki et al. ( 2021 ) reviewed the literature to provide a theoretical framework that offers a detailed explanation of how fashion companies can achieve circularity by involving external stakeholders in their activities.

Based on the above premises, in the scientific literature, there is a lack of literature reviews that offers a holistic understanding of sustainability issues in the TAF industries and evaluates research advances and trends on the topic to benefit multiple stakeholders. This paper aims to overcome these research gaps with a comprehensive overview of sustainability trends in the TAF manufacturing context. In addition, this research highlights both CSR and CE principles, supporting academicians, policymakers, practitioners, and other decision-makers in exploring the main research themes addressed in the scientific field. This paper is expected to contribute to the literature in the following ways. First, this study addresses the research gaps by offering a holistic perspective of a study area that is rapidly expanding. Second, this research combines the review process with bibliometric techniques. Although the growing interest in the research field, these approaches have not yet been adopted to explore sustainability progress in the TAF industries. Third, drivers and barriers to implementing CSR and CE practices are identified. Notably, CE is a production and consumption model that aims to extend products’ useful lives by helping to minimise waste, while CSR is often described as corporate practices that address economic, social, and environmental issues to benefit citizens, communities, and societies. The proposed taxonomy could be a reference point for further empirical studies. Finally, this article develops a conceptual model based on the extracted research clusters that integrate previous research findings, highlight research gaps, and offers guidance and potential avenues for further research to fill in the literature gaps.

After this introduction, Sect.  2 describes the review methodology adopted. Section  3 shows the data collection and selection phase. Sections  4 and Sect.  5 highlight descriptive and content analysis of the articles. Section  6 reports research discussions and provides a detailed research agenda. Finally, Sect.  7 presents conclusions and implications, highlighting theoretical and managerial contributions, as well as the research policy implication.

2 Review methodology

This study presents a systematic literature review adapted by Greenhalgh ( 1997 ), Cerchione and Esposito ( 2016 ), and Centobelli et al. ( 2017 ). Therefore, according to these contributions, we structured the literature review into two primary phases:

Data collection and selection: this phase includes identifying keywords and the search string, choosing the academic database (e.g. Scopus and Web of Science) to retrieve documents, and defining the inclusion/exclusion criteria to obtain papers focused on the research topic examined

Descriptive and content analysis phase: this phase includes conducting descriptive statistics (e.g. papers over time and articles by methodology) and an in-depth content analysis of the selected papers, aiming at identifying research gaps and providing a research agenda for further investigation.

Furthermore, we applied bibliometric methods to support the content analysis phase (van der Have & Rubalcaba, 2016 ). Notably, bibliometric techniques represent powerful tools to analyse scientific literature in a specific research field quantitatively (Ji et al., 2018 ; Zhi & Ji, 2012 ). One of the primary bibliometric methods is science mapping (Dzikowski, 2018 ) and it was used to discover the research field structure of a given topic (Cancino et al., 2017 ; Merigó et al., 2017 ; Shashi et al., 2021 ). This analysis can be implemented through numerous computer software. In this paper, we used VOSviewer software to build and visualise co-occurrence networks of keywords and paper terms, showing the main topics studied and suggestions for future research (Liboni et al., 2019 ). In particular, the co-occurrence analysis of keywords is an effective method for identifying research themes since it helps analyse the paper's content and assess the co-occurrence relationship between different concepts (Shashi et al., 2020a , 2020b ). Furthermore, the co-occurrence network of abstract terms is used to show research clusters based on recurrent terms that appear together (Liboni et al., 2019 ). According to van der Have and Rubalcaba ( 2016 ), the higher the frequency that keywords and paper terms co-occur, the stronger they are linked because they belong to a similar research sub-area. Thus, we aim to overcome this lack by offering a comprehensive literature review. Figure  1 synthesises the steps of the proposed literature review methodology.

Literature review methodology

3 Data collection and selection

The sample of articles was retrieved from the ISI Web of Science (WoS) database. More specifically, the WoS Core Collection was used in this study. Due to the high quality and extensive background coverage, the WoS database has traditionally been used as the primary source for literature reviews (Alon et al., 2018 ; Bahoo et al., 2020 ; Cao & Alon, 2020 ). Moreover, WoS is considered a leading data source compared to other scholarly research databases (e.g. Scopus and Google Scholar) since it only contains selective journals (Shashi et al., 2020b ). More precisely, WoS includes over 15,000 high-quality journals and 50,000,000 papers, organised into 251 categories and 150 research topics (Gaviria-Marin et al., 2019 ; Shashi et al., 2020a ).

After a brainstorming process among five researchers, a list of keywords was identified to carry out a systematic search and find articles regarding the issue of sustainability in the TAF industries. Further, the list of keywords was refined from time to time by including the keywords of the papers found previously. Finally, the following search string was used:

("textile industr*" OR "textile sector*" OR “clothing” OR “clothes” OR “garment” OR “fashion” OR “apparel”) AND (“green” OR "environmental performance" OR "financial performance" OR "social performance" OR “green” OR "economic* performance" OR "environmental benefit*" OR "financial benefit*" OR "economic* benefit*" OR "social benefit*" OR "ethical" OR "SDG*" OR "sustainable development" OR "corporate social responsibility" OR "triple bottom line" OR "environment-friendly" OR "eco-friendly" OR "circular economy" OR “reuse” OR "re-use" OR “recycling” OR "life cycle assessment" OR "life cycle analysis" OR “LCA” OR (“sustainab*”)) AND (“environment*” OR “economic*” OR “social”). We retrieved only documents that contain those terms in the title to circumscribe the research and identify only relevant outputs on the topic investigated.

To perform bibliometric analyses, we downloaded the full record and cited references of scholarly articles in the Web of Science Core Collection (Kern et al., 2019 ). The sample of 563 documents was retrieved in October 2022. We used different filters to refine our analysis. First, we chose to not consider papers published before 2000 due to the actuality of the topic (Desore & Narula, 2018 ) and we aim to conduct a review of the last two decades. Second, we collected only papers written in the English language (Shashi et al., 2020a , 2020b ). Subsequently, to ensure the sources’ quality, we decided to select only articles and reviews published in peer-reviewed journals, thus excluding other types of sources such as conference proceedings and book series (Shashi et al., 2020b ). As a result, 406 papers were collected.

Furthermore, according to the method suggested by Pittaway et al. ( 2004 ), we carefully checked the abstracts of all the selected papers so that only those studies whose abstracts focus on sustainability in the TAF industries were selected. To avoid subjective decisions, two researchers read the abstracts of the articles in parallel, with the intervention of a third researcher in case of uncertainty (Cerchione & Esposito, 2016 ). Thus, as also displayed in Table 1 , the papers were divided into the following two lists: list A includes documents whose abstract focuses on sustainability in the TAF industries and list B includes documents whose abstract focuses on technical and context-specific aspects of sustainability (e.g. processing, atmospheric emissions due to production waste, the chemistry of eco-sustainable fabrics)

The articles contained in list B (213) were excluded as beyond the scope of the research. The full text of the 193 articles included in list A were thoroughly examined and subjected to the last exclusion criterion. Also, in this case, two researchers read the papers in parallel, plus a third one in case of doubt (Cerchione & Esposito, 2016 ). In this step, we excluded 32 documents not related to the research topic. To identify the remaining potentially important studies in our set, we used the 'snowball' strategy as an inclusion criterion (Greenhalgh & Peacock, 2005 ). We included 17 additional publications, and the final sample thus consists of 178 papers.

4 Descriptive analysis

The purpose of the descriptive analysis is to provide a general view of the papers on sustainability in the TAF industries. For the evaluation of the 178 papers selected, four viewpoints were identified: 1) distribution of papers over time; 2) distribution of papers across journals; 3) distribution of papers by methodology; and 4) distribution of papers by country.

4.1 Distribution of papers over time

Figure  2 shows the distribution of the selected papers published between 2000 and 2022. The number of papers written has grown exponentially, reaching a maximum of 38 in 2021. The data collection was conducted in October 2022. According to this analysis, in the last five years, research on sustainability in TAF industries has grown significantly. Indeed, approximately 85% of the papers examined were written between 2017 and October-2022.

Papers over time

4.2 Distribution of papers across journals

The journals that published at least three papers on sustainability in the TAF industries from 2000 to October 2022 are classified in Fig.  3 . The top journals publishing on the research topic have a broader scope and belong to different areas, confirming that the analysis of sustainability issues in the TAF industries have grown over the years in a broader range. In particular, Journal of Fashion Marketing and Management (14), followed by Journal of Cleaner Production (9), International Journal of Consumer Studies (7), Journal of Business Research (6), and Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management (6), Journal of Business Ethics (3), Business Strategy and the Environment (3), and Asia Pacific Journal of Marketing and Logistics (3). According to the SCImago Journal Rank (SJR) updated to the year 2020, used to determine each journal's scientific importance, all of the journals displayed in Fig.  3 are in the first quartile (Q1), except for Asia Pacific Journal of Marketing and Logistics and International Journal of Consumer Studies , which are in the second quartile (Q2).

Papers published per journal

4.3 Distribution of papers by methodology

The distribution of papers by methodology represented in Fig.  4 shows that about 50% of the studies are based on quantitative approaches (e.g. surveys and mathematical models), while 23% of the papers use qualitative approaches (e.g. single and multiple case studies). A few other papers use conceptual approaches, literature review approaches, and mixed approaches (combining qualitative and quantitative methods).

Papers by methodology

4.4 Distribution of papers by country

This analysis highlights the most productive countries in the research field investigated. Notably, certain papers were co-authored by researchers from different countries, while authors from the same nationality co-authored others. The country of each researcher who co-authored the article is counted in the first situation. On the contrary, the country is only counted once, even if two or more researchers from the same country co-authored the paper. As shown in Fig.  5 , USA is at the top of the ranking with 35 publications, followed by the UK (26), and China (25).

Papers by country

5 Content analysis

5.1 keywords analysis.

This analysis found 833 different keywords in the sample of 178 papers. The research focused on keywords that had at least eight repetitions (Liboni et al., 2019 ). Consequently, a total of 25 unique keywords were chosen (Fig.  6 ). In particular, the keyword “sustainability” emerged as the most recurrent with 45 repetitions, followed by “consumption” (26), “circular economy” (24), “fashion” (23), and “corporate social responsibility” (20).

Co-occurrence analysis of keywords

“Appendix 1 " highlights the 20 most cited keywords and their total link strength. The most frequent keywords offer an in-depth understanding of the critical topics investigated. Furthermore, the keyword sustainability is strongly linked with the others, and its relationship with "fast fashion", "supply chain", and "consumption" highlights that scientific literature in the TAF domain is extensively focused on studying more sustainable business models which can reduce the environmental footprint in all the phases of the supply chain. The term “fast fashion” refers to a business model defined by constant shift, innovation, affordability, and disposable patterns concerning low-cost apparel products that replicate existing luxury fashion trends (Joy et al., 2012 ). Diverse scientific studies have confirmed that fast fashion's disposal nature leads to serious environmental, health, social, and economic issues (Shirvanimoghaddam et al., 2020 ). As a result, various alternative business models have been developed. For instance, the clothing product-service system (PSS) recognises various sustainability targets as an alternative to the effects of consumption and fast fashion (Johnson & Plepys, 2021 ). This business model is based on rental rather than purchase, allowing to extend the useful life of a garment and reduce waste. Thus, PSS shifts the emphasis to complementary service offerings, which dematerialises and decouples consumer loyalty from material use (Adam et al., 2017 ). Another primary problem for fashion companies' is the supply chain length and complexity, causing coordination and sustainability concerns. According to Carlson and Bitsch ( 2018 ), a sustainable supply chain is a crucial element for industry, government, and civil society. Recent research highlights that fashion retailers often engage procurement intermediaries to handle their international sourcing with suppliers from manufacturers operating in developing countries, improving coordination and transparency (Koeksal et al., 2018 ).

5.2 Cluster analysis based on abstract terms

In our sample of articles, the co-occurrence analysis of abstract terms has shown 3657 different recurrent words. However, we selected only terms with at least nine repetitions and just 27 terms resulted in the analysis (Liboni et al., 2019 ). Figure  7 displays its network visualisation. “Appendix 2 ” highlights the 20 most recurrent abstract terms and their relevance score. Using VOSviewer, we divided the abstract terms into three different research clusters:

Cluster 1: consumer behaviour concerning sustainable clothing consumption

Cluster 2: circular economy and corporate social responsibility issues in the TAF industries

Cluster 3: impact of sustainability initiatives on corporate performance.

Co-occurrence network of abstract terms

5.2.1 Consumer behaviour concerning sustainable clothing consumption

This cluster is focused on sustainable clothing consumption through the lens of consumer behaviour. The consumer's vision of eco-sustainable clothing is a central theme in the literature on TAF industries. The previously reserved attention for an elite audience is now directed to an increasingly widespread profile of evolved consumers who are more interested in the origin of what they buy and the traceability of the supply chain. Therefore, the customer plays a crucial role in the sustainable context, so it is vital to understand his point of view towards eco-sustainable, recycled, or used products. The majority of contributions included in this cluster are surveys, in which the relationship between the constructs was tested chiefly through structural equation modelling (SEM). In light of the theory of planned behaviour, most of these studies investigate the factors influencing sustainable apparel purchase intention (e.g. Dhir et al., 2021 ; Hwang et al., 2020 ; Kang et al., 2013 ; Karaosman et al., 2015 ; Nguyen et al., 2019 ; Sobuj et al., 2021 ; Zhao et al., 2019 ), revealing that sustainable clothing buying is positively correlated with different antecedents, such as green confidence, environmental awareness, social media usage, environmental attitude, labelling satisfaction, subjective norms, and perceived behavioural regulation. Other studies focused specifically on the young generations. For example, Varshneya et al. ( 2017 ) surveyed young consumers to explore how green consumption principles and social influence affect buying organic clothing. In particular, using a multinominal logit model, Rothenberg and Matthews ( 2017 ) determined the primary factors influencing young consumers to buy eco-friendly t-shirts. The findings suggest that consumers prioritised price, followed by the location of production, and finally, sustainability issues. Other studies analysed the existing attitude-behaviour gap and examined consumers' barriers to buying green clothing (Jacobs et al., 2018 ; Wiederhold & Martinez, 2018 ). Finally, Byrd and Su ( 2020 ) surveyed 399 US consumers to discover how they feel about apparel brands and how they behave when it comes to environmentally friendly, affordable, and socially conscious clothing. Further research focused on the motivations for using sharing economy platforms (Lee & Huang, 2020 ; Ek Styvén and Mariani, 2020 ), indicating that consumers' intentions to use online fashion rental services were positively affected by different factors, such as behaviours, subjective norms, perceived environmental sustainability, economic motivation, and distance from the consumption system. On another note, Silva et al. ( 2021 ) revealed that social shame and consumers' lack of knowledge about available outlets are the factors that most negatively affect the purchasing of second-hand clothing.

Moreover, many studies examined recycled and reused products from various perspectives. Some researchers investigated how consumers handle their apparel waste, including reselling, swapping, taking back, and donating (Lai & Chang, 2020 ; Weber et al., 2020 ), highlighting that environmental principles and prosocial attitudes affected customers' decisions to donate clothes. Other studies surveyed random samples to investigate consumer recycling and reusing apparel behaviour (Paco et al., 2021 ; Zurga et al., 2015 ). Further, Park and Lin ( 2020 ) examined the discrepancy between purchasing purpose and purchase experience in recycled and upcycled fashion items. Other studies focused on behaviour intentions for the consumption of reused clothing, recycled clothes, and upcycled garments (Chaturvedi et al., 2020 ; Kim et al., 2021 ). Notably, Meng and Leary ( 2021 ) explored consumer perception concerning the transformation of recycled bottles into new clothes. Consumers perceive this practice negatively for hygienic reasons, reducing purchasing intent. Finally, Cruz-Cardenas et al. ( 2019 ) conducted a multiple case study based on 20 thorough interviews followed by a survey of 425 consumers to investigate the factors affecting clothing reuse, highlighting different antecedents, such as income and altruism.

5.2.2 Circular economy and corporate social responsibility issues in the TAF industries

This cluster concerns CE and CSR issues in the TAF industries. Unlike the previous one, this cluster includes many explorative studies since the CE and CSR implementation is still in its early stages, necessitating a more detailed understanding based on qualitative analysis (Colucci & Vecchi, 2021 ). In particular, the CE principles significantly improve sustainability in the way textile products are fabricated, consumed and disposed of (Staicu & Pop, 2018 ). Different frameworks have been developed to help fashion companies transition from a linear to a CE model (e.g. Mishra et al., 2021 ). Indeed, several critical factors need to be explored for developing a circular product in the textile industry context, such as sustainable product design and reverse logistics (Franco, 2017 ). Concepts such as repairability, recyclability, longevity, and reuse and disposal of products are much debated in the literature. Although they are still at the early stages, different methods for reusing, recycling, and regenerating textile waste as well as various technological innovations and plans for a circular textile economy have been developed (Shirvanimoghaddam et al., 2020 ). In this regard, Moazzem et al. ( 2021 ) used the life cycle assessment (LCA) methodology to evaluate environmental benefits due to different textile waste recycling opportunities. The findings show that cleaning wipes recycling has the most significant impact benefits, followed by cotton fibre, insulation material, and polyester raw material recycling. Sandvik and Stubbs ( 2019 ) conducted a multiple case study based on semi-structured interviews to determine drivers and barriers to implementing a textile-to-textile recycling technology in the Scandinavian fashion industry. Restricted technology (which makes separating materials difficult), high research and development costs, and the supply chain complexity (which includes many stakeholders involved in the manufacture), represent the key barriers. Simultaneously, the design and use of new fabrics and increased apparel collection and collaboration are the main drivers.

Furthermore, many studies used a case study approach to investigate the challenges and solutions that fashion brands face while developing and testing CE strategies within their current business models (Kant Hvass & Pedersen, 2019 ; Colucci & Vecchi, 2021 ). The findings show that fashion companies face several obstacles in implementing circular business models in their organisations, including divergent perspectives of value and undefined performance metrics, weak alignment with the current strategy, a lack of internal skills and competencies, and a lack of customer interest. Further, Paras et al. ( 2018 ) conducted a multiple case study based on semi-structured interviews with Swedish companies to explore the reuse-based clothing value chain drivers. The results suggest that the main drivers are corporate factors (system, legislation, and awareness), product features (design, quality and price), and consumer attitude (donor and purchaser).

Other studies focused on the slow fashion movement. According to Onur ( 2020 ), the slow fashion movement believes that the fashion industry should not continue operating in the same way it has in the past, putting the world’s finite resources at risk. As a result, the author offered a detailed account of creating new learning methods and designing via upcycling, craft, and collaboration in developing countries. For instance, Friedrich ( 2021 ) investigated the potential of applying biobased products in the textile industry, making the economy more sustainable and lowering the dependence on synthetic materials. Tama et al. ( 2017 ) surveyed Turkish university students to investigate clothing awareness and attitudes regarding environmental sustainability and slow fashion, and the findings highlighted a lack of knowledge about the slow fashion paradigm.

Moreover, some of the studies analysed circular business models based on clothing swapping, PSSs, and collaborative fashion consumption (CFC). Notably, clothing swapping is an example of a circular solution that allows extending the useful life of a product (Camacho-Otero et al., 2020 ), while the CFC is an economic model focused on clothing sharing, second-hand purchases, and renting or leasing (Zamani et al., 2018 ). Compared to a traditional ownership-based consumption model, the CFC offers environmental benefits due to the extension of the clothes’ useful life. On another note, Bech et al. ( 2019 ) used the LCA approach to assess and compare a PSS business model’s environmental impact on t-shirts and a reference business model.

Furthermore, different studies used the multiple case study design to examine CSR strategies’ drivers and barriers (Govindasamy & Suresh, 2018 ; Guedes et al., 2017 ; Koeksal & Straehle, 2021 ; Van & Nguyen, 2019 ), showing that the main drivers are the competitive context, the social influences, the managers’ knowledge of CSR, the company’s internal culture, as well as market promotion and building a reputation with stakeholders and the government. Additionally, the most significant obstacles were a lack of resources in expertise, information, finance, and training, as well as the cost of CSR initiatives and internal and external communication. Further obstacles were the complexity of the green process and system design, as well as the lack of regulatory support (Majumdar & Sinha, 2018 ).

5.2.3 Impact of sustainability initiatives on corporate performance

The studies of this cluster investigated how different sustainable initiatives affect corporate performance (Chan et al., 2020 ; Saha et al., 2021 ; Sudusinghe & Seuring, 2020 ; Wong & Ngai, 2021 ; Yang & Jang, 2020 ). In particular, Ali et al. ( 2020 ) revealed that fashion companies that successfully implemented ISO 14001 environmental management system (EMS) reported substantial efficiency improvements compared to companies that have not yet EMS.

Specifically, some studies focused on the sustainable supply chain, which is achieved when the objectives are shared by all the actors involved. This entails reconsidering production flows, operations, and materials, limiting the polluting effects that flow into the environment, limiting production waste, extending the life cycle of the products, and improving social conditions. Kumar et al. ( 2020 ) used the Delphi-based fuzzy Analytical Hierarchy Process approach to identify long-term factors for implementing social responsibility-based sourcing in the ready-made apparel supply chain in Bangladesh. Further, Ashby ( 2018 ) used an in-depth case study to explore how a closed-loop supply chain (CLSC) can improve the environmental performance of a UK clothing company. The results highlight the crucial role of strategic resources and a shared vision and culture among the company and its suppliers, from a more reactive environmental damage prevention plan to a comprehensive CLSC. Jesus Munoz-Torres et al. ( 2021 ) used the LCA method to quantify textile companies’ environmental impact throughout the supply chain and compare their performance with global and sectorial sustainability challenges. The findings reveal a connection between global environmental issues and corporate environmental disclosure.

5.2.4 Taxonomy of CE and CSR drivers and barriers

Based on the previous literature, Table 2 highlights the main factors which potentially affect the propensity of fashion companies to adopt CE and CSR principles, as well as the main barriers hindering their implementation. The proposed taxonomy might serve as a starting point for more empirical research.

6 Discussions and future research directions

The descriptive analysis provided a general overview of the articles included in the literature review, highlighting that, in recent years, there is growing attention on sustainability in the TAF industries and that these topics present different scopes, belong to different disciplines, and are covered by different journals.

The content analysis of the selected articles highlighted the literature’s strengths and weaknesses, thus identifying current research and providing research ideas for future investigation. It is possible to classify the selected papers into five main research areas: 1) consumer behaviour; 2) circular economy; 3) corporate social responsibility; 4) business models; and 5) supply chain management. Table 3 offers a more in-depth discussion of existing research and future research suggestions for each of these scientific areas.

The first research area discusses the drivers influencing sustainable apparel purchasing (e.g. labelling satisfaction and environmental awareness), clothing reuse (e.g. income and altruism), as well as different clothing disposal behaviour (e.g. donation and recycling). Firstly, future research could perform a meta-analysis to generalise the empirical results of previous quantitative investigations on sustainable clothing consumer behaviour, thereby obtaining more robust conclusions than those drawn from each study. Further, as the production activities, business processes and materials contribute to an increase in the global pollution rate, eco-design features, ecological materials, processes with low environmental impact, and waste reduction have been developed in recent years (Heinze, 2020 ). This area shows the need for a more in-depth analysis of the eco-design characteristics that positively influence the ethical clothing consumer’s purchase intentions. Further, there is also a lack of studies investigating the efficiency and effectiveness of the communication tools adopted by TAF companies to encourage consumers to purchase sustainable clothing. For instance, compared to traditional channels, such as reports and advertising campaigns, corporate websites are constantly being used to present the business’ formalised and official viewpoint on CSR activities (Mann et al., 2014 ). The consumers’ opinion on this aspect could therefore be more in-depth analysed in further investigation.

The second research area focuses on drivers and barriers to adopting CE strategies in the TAF industries. In the TAF industries, due to the variety of fabrics and clothing accessories used, such as buttons and zips, end-of-life textiles are difficult to handle after disposal (Marques et al., 2020 ). Since there are presently few technologies available for separating recyclable textile waste from non-recyclable textile waste, employees still do much of the job by hand (Centobelli et al., 2022 ). Future studies could therefore design and develop new technological advances for managing and sorting textile waste. Automating the process and launching it on an industrial scale will therefore be the key to a real revolution in the world of fabrics.

Furthermore, many of the articles we analysed use the LCA methodology to evaluate companies’ environmental impact throughout the supply chain. However, there is a lack of studies examining the environmental and economic impact of different sustainable and circular clothing using the LCA and Life Cycle Costing (LCC) methodologies. Indeed, the integration of these methods will provide a holistic understanding of sustainable clothing production, allowing companies to choose materials that guarantee greater added value and which at the same time respect the environment.

The third research area is mainly focused on CSR drivers and barriers. Organisations require greater attention to social and environmental issues to develop a successful business. As a result, companies are changing their modus operandi, developing sustainable initiatives from a social and environmental point of view. According to Zhu et al., ( 2016 ), businesses are under pressure from stakeholders to reduce the negative environmental impact they generate while increasing CSR initiatives. Companies recognise the strategic importance of reacting to stakeholder concerns as a means of strengthening their competitive position (Zhu et al., 2016 ). Consequently, future studies on the analysis of stakeholder concerns in the context of TAF industries are needed to develop a holistic corporate sustainability strategy.

The fourth research area discusses different types of business models in the field of TAF industries. A vast majority discusses the PSSs and the fast fashion model. However, this area highlights the need for a more comprehensive analysis of the slow fashion business model. Slow fashion is based on various principles, such as the quality of the products, the recycled and eco-compatible materials, and the short supply chain (Jung & Jin, 2016 ). Consequently, this type of business requires greater awareness of consumers and manufacturers, as it tends to reduce the production cycle and consequently consumption. Slow fashion is aimed at safeguarding the climate, workers, natural resources, and the economy. However, due to the higher costs of slow fashion products compared to mass-produced clothes, the potential of slow fashion to make and maintain a profit represents a critical point that should be explored better. It is necessary to investigate the external pressures affecting the development of the slow fashion business model, also considering all the issues related to the transition to this new type of business model. Further, there is a lack of studies examining the circular business model innovations in the TAF industries (Henry et al., 2020 ). More in detail, according to the taxonomy proposed by Urbinati et al., ( 2017 ), three types of circular companies can be identified: downstream, upstream, and full circular companies. Downstream circular businesses follow a pricing scheme or a marketing strategy focused on product use and re-use, but these contributions neglect the necessary changes at the supplier level or internal processes or product design. On another note, upstream circular companies are described as those that implement circular solutions internally (e.g. using recycled raw materials) and focus on the interactions with their suppliers. Finally, full circular companies implement both downstream and upstream circular business model innovations. As a result, future studies could examine the degree of circularity of the TAF companies, analysing if circular business model innovations are implemented downstream, upstream, or both.

Finally, the fifth research area mainly focuses on the analysis of different social and environmental sustainability challenges along the fashion supply chain. From this research area emerged the need to explore the role of digital technologies in improving sustainability performance. Indeed, digital enabling technologies like blockchain can guarantee the complete traceability and transparency of products, thus optimising the entire supply chain and improving company performance (Centobelli et al., 2021 ). Consequently, these technologies could be an excellent resource for TAF companies, representing a strategic tool for environmental protection and sustainable development and facilitating the spread of sustainable practices.

7 Conclusions and implications

7.1 contribution to the theory.

This paper offers a comprehensive analysis of sustainability trends in the TAF industries, providing different theoretical contributions and extending the results provided by previous research. We adopted bibliometric techniques (i.e. co-occurrence analysis of keywords and abstract terms) to support the content analysis phase of the review methodology and provide quantitative insights offering a holistic understanding of the research field, integrating CSR and CE aspects. Notably, the co-occurrence network of abstract terms revealed three main research clusters: (1) consumer behaviour concerning sustainable clothing consumption, (2) circular economy and corporate social responsibility issues in the TAF industries, and (3) sustainability challenges in the fashion industry. By thoroughly analysing these clusters, we developed a conceptual framework which integrates prior study findings, identifies research gaps, and provides potential directions for future research. Consequently, this study will help researchers and academicians work in this research area to identify unexplored sub-fields, which reflect some potential investigation areas for expanding scientific literature on the topic. Moreover, the proposed taxonomy of CE and CSR drivers and barriers in the fashion industry context could be used by researchers in future investigations as a reference point for conducting empirical studies.

7.2 Contribution to practice

This study offers different opportunities to the public authorities, businesses, and practitioners involved in the path towards sustainability in the TAF context. It provides a broad range of relevant knowledge regarding how sustainability and circularity principles are affecting TAF industries. Such knowledge is essential for managers of TAF industries since it allows them to innovate their business models and prosper in today's competitive environment, thus moving to less polluting production systems and improving company performance. Manufacturing companies, purchasing organisations, and other stakeholders could gain a deeper understanding of the problems, procedures, predictors, barriers, and challenges associated with implementing sustainable practices and developing the skills necessary to reduce environmental impacts and gain competitive advantages.

Furthermore, this study may have political implications. It is acknowledged that the TAF industries represent a major source of environmental pollution. Therefore, the results of this study may inspire governments to promote sustainable initiatives in the TAF industries. For instance, policies implemented by the governments may include incentives for using eco-sustainable and recycled materials or financing for the purchase of green technologies with a lower environmental impact. In addition, for TAF industries to achieve the SDGs, the government must promote cultural changes that move innovation from an individualistic logic bound only to profit maximisation to a collectivistic, communal and open logic based on sustainable development principles.

7.3 Limitations of the study

Although considerable attention was taken to ensure the study process's validity and outcomes, certain limitations must be acknowledged. First, despite we adopted a validation criterion to integrate papers published in different academic databases, we limited our initial search to papers published in the WoS database. Furthermore, we just looked at papers and reviews published in peer-reviewed journals, ignoring other types of publications, including conference proceedings and book chapters. Second, we used VOSviewer software to conduct the co-occurrence analysis of keywords and paper terms, but other statistical analysis and clustering methods can be used, such as coauthorship analysis. Another limitation is regarding the related concept (i.e. zero waste), which is not incorporated within the scope of this research. Further studies can expand the scope to such related concepts/theories.

Data availability

The datasets generated during and/or analysed during the current study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.

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Zetterblom, Margareta. "Textile sound design." Licentiate thesis, Högskolan i Borås, Institutionen Textilhögskolan, 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-3486.

Karlsson, Linnea. "Textile Grid." Thesis, Högskolan i Borås, Institutionen Textilhögskolan, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-17099.

Textile Grid is a design projekt about exploring

different techniques and materials to expand the

boundaries of textile; what textile usually looks

like and how it appears. The starting-point is a

simple grid that is translated in screen-print,

knitting and weave. The grid works as a

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movement both the expression and the behavior

of the textile are explored.

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Keune, Svenja. "On Textile Farming : Seeds as Material for Textile Design." Licentiate thesis, Högskolan i Borås, Akademin för textil, teknik och ekonomi, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-13920.

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Worbin, Linda. "Designing dynamic textile patterns." Doctoral thesis, Högskolan i Borås, Institutionen Textilhögskolan, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-3550.

Disputationen sker den 1:a juni 2010, kl. 13.00 i Textilmuseet, Druveforsvägen 8, Borås. Opponent: Senior Lecturer, Mary- Ann Hansen, Danmarks Designskole, Denmark

Hayden, Sara Elisabeth. "Creating cloth, creating culture : the influence of Japanese textile design on French art deco textiles, 1920-1930." Online access for everyone, 2007. http://www.dissertations.wsu.edu/Thesis/Summer2007/S_Hayden_072607.pdf.

Montesino, Hammarskjöld Teresa. "Crafting-design : Tuft meets Embroidery." Thesis, Högskolan i Borås, Akademin för textil, teknik och ekonomi, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-24034.

Schweiger, Ronja. "Adamant Textile : The reciprocal impact of concrete and textile." Thesis, Högskolan i Borås, Akademin för textil, teknik och ekonomi, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-14891.

Rizvi, Syed Hussain Raza. "Design of Bioinspired Conductive Smart Textile." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2017. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1062837/.

PETTERSSON, MARIA. "Technical Textile Retrospective." Thesis, Högskolan i Borås, Institutionen Textilhögskolan, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-17413.

Kim, Soon-Hye. "Painted Shibori /." Online version of thesis, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/1850/11505.

Jansen, Barbara. "Composing over time, temporal patterns : in Textile Design." Doctoral thesis, Högskolan i Borås, Akademin för textil, teknik och ekonomi, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-3721.

Disputationen sker den 17:e mars 2015, kl. 10-12 i Textilmuséet, Textilhögskolan, Skaraborgsvägen 3, Borås. Opponent: Dr Nithikul Nimkulrat, Professor i textildesign, Head of Department of Textile Design, Estonian Academy of Arts.

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Arshad, Khubaib, and Muhammad Mujahid. "Biodegradation of Textile Materials." Thesis, Högskolan i Borås, Institutionen Textilhögskolan, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-20862.

Nilsson, Linnéa. "Textile influence : exploring the role of textiles in the product design process." Licentiate thesis, Högskolan i Borås, Institutionen Textilhögskolan, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-3716.

Nilsson, Linnéa. "Textile Influence : exploring the relationship between textiles and products in the design process." Doctoral thesis, Högskolan i Borås, Akademin för textil, teknik och ekonomi, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-1058.

Kapur, Jyoti. "Smells: olfactive dimension in designing textile architecture." Licentiate thesis, Högskolan i Borås, Akademin för textil, teknik och ekonomi, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-12906.

Talman, Riikka. "Changeability as a quality in textile design." Licentiate thesis, Högskolan i Borås, Akademin för textil, teknik och ekonomi, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-15990.

Correia, Bárbara Loução. "Reflexões de estágio na Unis Textile Design Studio." Master's thesis, Universidade de Lisboa, Faculdade de Arquitetura, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/22750.

Barbosa, Ana Cecilia. "Embodied self-expression through textile design." Thesis, Malmö högskola, Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS), 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-23190.

Scholz, Barbro. "what could be the role of analogue, textile user-interfaces in the digital age?" Thesis, Högskolan i Borås, Institutionen Textilhögskolan, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-17104.

Becerra, Venegas Francisca. "Textile Hybrids : Exploring knitted textiles by challenging properties of elasticity and flexibility through combinations with wood." Thesis, Högskolan i Borås, Akademin för textil, teknik och ekonomi, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-23510.

Lewis, Erin. "Radiant Textiles : A framework for designing with electromagnetic phenomena." Licentiate thesis, Högskolan i Borås, Akademin för textil, teknik och ekonomi, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-26256.

KOWALSKI, JO-ANNE. "Dead Skin, Living Machine : textile under surgery." Thesis, Högskolan i Borås, Institutionen Textilhögskolan, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-17417.

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Editor: Lars Hallnäs (LHS), Swedish School of Textiles

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This year’s meeting was held in Nashville, Tenn., where we kicked things off with a day of guided tours of nearby healthcare and medical education facilities. The excursion is designed to provide jurors with some design inspiration before diving into an in-depth review process of the Showcase submissions the next day—and it did not disappoint.

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One welcome sight was the way that facilities—whether educational or clinical—are addressing the needs of healthcare professionals through design. For example, the tour at the Thomas F. Frist, Jr. College of Medicine at Belmont College , hosted by ESa (which also shared its downtown office for the Showcase judging), highlighted interactive classrooms and the 60,000-square-foot Center for Interprofessional Engagement and Simulation space—all designed to support medical education’s shift to a more interactive model. “We’re creating a pipeline for future healthcare workers,” one of our tour guides noted.

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Exploring of lithium salt solution in sulfone and ethyl acetate-based electrolytes for li-ion battery applications: a molecular dynamics simulation study.

The design of Lithium-ion batteries (LiBs) by introducing novel electrolytes is an interesting research topic in electrochemistry, due to the necessity of using Libs to fight against energy crisis and environmental pollution. In this study, we present the novel electrolyte made by adding ethyl acetate (EA) to the mixture of solvent ethyl methyl sulfone (EMS) and salt lithium hexafluorophosphate (LiPF$_6$). The resulting mixture represents the desired characteristics of a suitable electrolyte for application in LiBs. By employing molecular dynamics (MD) simulations the following characteristics which involve the diffusion coefficient, and ionic conductivity, as well as structural properties for different molar ratios of individual constituents of the electrolyte mixtures are evaluated. It's found that EMS molecules play a critical role in ion pair separation and the coordination number of ${\text{PF}_6}^-$ around Li$^+$ is evaluated. The simulation result is obtained for the salt concentration range of 0.485 to 1.643 $mol.l^{-1}$, demonstrating a significant reduction in ionic conductivity. Also, the effect of temperature variation from 260 K to 360 K on electrolyte properties is investigated and the activation energy of Li$^+$ is obtained using the Arrhenius relation.

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