The Role of Style Versus Fashion Orientation on Sustainable Apparel Consumption. (June 2019)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- The Role of Style Versus Fashion Orientation on Sustainable Apparel Consumption. (June 2019)
- Main Title:
- The Role of Style Versus Fashion Orientation on Sustainable Apparel Consumption
- Authors:
- Gupta, Shipra
Gwozdz, Wencke
Gentry, James - Abstract:
- The fashion industry is responsible for bringing some of the worst consumption practices out of individuals by reinforcing tendencies for overconsumption throughout society. Consuming too much has led to negative economic, societal, and environmental consequences. The purpose of this paper is to understand whether promoting a style orientation among consumers (rather than a fashion orientation) will lead to more sustainable apparel consumption. Data collected from 6, 386 consumers across five countries that are considered to be leaders in sustainable development (Sweden, Netherlands, Germany, the U.K., and the U.S.) suggest that promoting style can be a potential solution to attain slow fashion and, thus, improve sustainable apparel consumption. We further examine the role of hedonism and materialism in influencing sustainable practices in the industry. Based on the findings, the paper emphasizes the need for the collective effort of different actors, especially the role of government, in creating a more sustainable fashion system.
- Is Part Of:
- Journal of macromarketing. Volume 39:Number 2(2019)
- Journal:
- Journal of macromarketing
- Issue:
- Volume 39:Number 2(2019)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 39, Issue 2 (2019)
- Year:
- 2019
- Volume:
- 39
- Issue:
- 2
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2019-0039-0002-0000
- Page Start:
- 188
- Page End:
- 207
- Publication Date:
- 2019-06
- Subjects:
- style orientation -- fashion orientation -- materialism -- hedonism -- individualism -- sustainable apparel consumption
Marketing -- Periodicals
Marketing -- Social aspects -- Periodicals
658.802 - Journal URLs:
- http://jmk.sagepub.com/ ↗
http://www.sagepublications.com/ ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1177/0276146719835283 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 0276-1467
- Deposit Type:
- Legaldeposit
- View Content:
- Available online (eLD content is only available in our Reading Rooms) ↗
- Physical Locations:
- British Library DSC - BLDSS-3PM
British Library HMNTS - ELD Digital store - Ingest File:
- 10355.xml