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- Title
A Product Line Analysis for Eco-Designed Fashion Products: Evidence from an Outdoor Sportswear Brand.
- Authors
Luo Wang; Bin Shen
- Abstract
With the increasing awareness of sustainability, eco-design has been an important trend in the fashion industry. Many fashion brands such as Nike, Adidas, and The North Face have developed sustainable fashion by incorporating eco-design elements. Eco-design is an important part of sustainable supply chains. In this paper, we conducted a product line analysis of eco-designed products from a famous outdoor sportswear brand, Patagonia. We collected Patagonia's 2017 Spring Season product line data and analyzed the data through descriptive analysis, factor analysis and correlation analysis. We found that Patagonia mainly uses organic, recycled, and traceable materials in their eco-product line development. We identified that the usage of eco-materials may significantly affect the number of color choices and product weight as well as gender difference, pattern design, product fit and online reviewers' opinions at Patagonia. We argued that Patagonia should focus on functionality more than aesthetics in eco-design. We discussed how sustainable fashion firms should manage eco-design in the supply chain.
- Subjects
PRODUCT lines; SPORTSWEAR; SUSTAINABLE design
- Publication
Sustainability (2071-1050), 2017, Vol 9, Issue 7, p1136
- ISSN
2071-1050
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/su9071136