THE FRONTIERS BETWEEN FASHION DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY: POSSIBILITIES FOR SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION

Abstract

The article delves into issues related to the disciplinary boundaries of design. It focuses more specifically on practices related to the fields of fashion design and technology for the development of fashion products. In this sense, the text highlights theories related to a production of sustainable fashion design evidencing practices related to social projects in Brazil, university extension, that invest in social technology through methods, processes and materials that minimize environmental impacts. The article raises questions about the contribution of technological advances to the environment, specifically in the field of fashion. The reflection questions the extent to which social technologies andtechnological processes applied to the development of fashion products can contribute to sustainability, minimizing environmental impacts. The text, in its development, describes technologies currently applied to fashion products; presents an illustrative case examining the theoretical intention by means of a brief history about the technological evolution of the piece "T-shirt" (semarreta); contextualizes practices related to fashion production in Spain / Barcelona; and, finally, analyzes and emits positions through the intersection between theoretical reflections and practical cases.

Keywords

• Fashion design
• technology
• sustainability