Timo Rissanen and Holly McQuillan

Drawing on the authors own designs as well as interviews with exciting designers, e.g. Winifred Aldrich (p.49), one of the first pioneers of sustainable pattern cutting, Swedish designer Rickard Lindqvist (p.54) and the New York based designer Yeohlee Teng (p.193), zero waste fashion design is showcased to students within the wider fashion industry.

Students can see the exciting outcomes of zero waste techniques and provides inspiration for their own design practices.

Table of content
Preface

1. Zero waste fashion design from history to now
Textile waste
Zero waste over time
Modern zero waste fashion design
Interview with Maja Stabel, fashion designer (Norway)
Short cuts

2. Pattern cutting as a fashion design tool
Fashion design and pattern cutting
Creative pattern cutting
Interview with Winifred Aldrich, fashion author (UK)
Interview with Rickard Lindqvist, fashion designer (Sweden)
Creative pattern cutters from around the world
Patterns in design ideation
Short cuts

3. Zero waste fashion design: the basics
Criteria for zero waste fashion design
The design ideation toolbox
Zero waste blocks
Trapeze sleeveless tunic by Holly McQuillan, fashion designer and lecturer (New Zealand)
Endurance skirt by Timo Rissanen, Finland-born, Australia based fashion designer and lecturer (Australia)
Tailored jacket by Holly McQuillan
Pattern set ups by Holly McQuillan
Adapting an existing design for zero waste
Risky design practice
Designing with the fabric width
Short cuts

4. Zero waste fashion design and CAD
Marker making as design activity
Advantages of digital design for zero waste fashion
Zero waste tutorials through CAD
Grading and CAD
Combining digital technologies
Zero waste and digital textile design
Interview with Julia Lumsden, fashion designer (New Zealand)
Short cuts

5. Manufacturing zero-­-waste garments
Fashion design and fashion manufacturing
Interview with Lela Jacobs, fashion designer (New Zealand)
Sizing zero waste garments
Fabric in manufacturing zero waste garments
Tara St James of Study NY
Short cuts

6 Zero waste fashion design: getting started
On inspiration
Interview with Kia Koski, fashion design scholar (Finland)
Documenting and reflecting on design
On sharing
Conversation with Yeohlee Teng, Malaysian-born, New York-based fashion designer (US)
Futures for zero waste fashion design
Short cuts

Glossary
References
Index
Acknowledgements
Credits