In this paper, the sustainable competitiveness of the Hong Kong Fashion industry (textile and clothing industry) in the new economy is investigated through a comparison study and model simulation. We find that the competitiveness of Hong Kong will decrease without intensive investment to develop key knowledge-based core competencies in facing intensive competition from developing and developed ...

Efforts to decrease the environmental impact of today’s clothing industry across the entire process of production, purchase, maintenance, and disposal can be driven by either suppliers or consumers. Changing the behavior of the latter, however, requires an understanding of current clothing consumption patterns—a currently under-researched area. We therefore shed more light on these patterns in ...

The clothing fashion reflects the common aesthetics that people share with each other in dressing. To recognize the fashion time of a clothing is meaningful for both an individual and the industry. In this paper, under the assumption that the clothing fashion changes year by year, the fashiontime recognition problem is mapped into a clothing-fashion classification problem. Specifically, a novel...

The textile and clothing industry generates much pollution and consumes a large amount of resources. Improper uses and disposal of clothing products make the problems much more severe. Fast fashion products shorten the valid lifecycle and generate more waste than regular clothing products. Considering the features of fashion products, a system of a rent-based closed-loop supply chain is develop...

BACKGROUND This study was conducted as a survey including work-related injuries (WRI) of workers in the textile and clothing industry admitted to the emergency department (ED). METHODS This prospective study included patients with WRI reportedly occurring in the textile and clothing industry over a two-year period. The study sample comprised only the casualties occurring at the workplace and ...

The two world wars in the 20th century had a great impact on European clothing industry, and to some extent, they also promoted development of fashion industry. designers have designed "wartime clothes" meet needs women's work life during war. "Wartime clothing" is breakthrough traditional clothing, its unique characteristics shine brilliantly wartime. In order liberate people from shadow war a...