Global ETD Search
Search theses and dissertations gathered from participating repositories worldwide. Every result links back to the library that holds it. No account is needed.
Results
Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"Fashion consumption"”.
-
An Exploratory Study of the Impact of Acculturation on Fashion Consumption Among Hispanic Immigrants in the U.S.
… acculturation influences shopping behaviors for fashion products among Hispanic consumers. The purpose of this study is to explore the general attitude related to shopping (i.e., shopping orientation) of Hispanic immigrants, the acculturation level of those consumers, and the relationship between …
-
Classifying Fashion & Fashioning Class: An Inquiry Into Class Distinctions in Fashion Consumption and Taste Amongst British Women Today
This project explores the relationship between fashion and class for women in contemporary British society. In doing so, it contributes to the sociological literature on fashion, class, gender and space and provides a greater understanding of the class distinctions which exist in terms of British …
-
Navigating (un)sustainability: (non)consumption of second-hand fashion across countries and generations
… on sustainability, there is no evidence that the fashion sector is in a meaningful phase of sustainable transformation, underscoring the critical need to navigate the (un)sustainability paradox of the fashion system and advance knowledge that supports sustainability transitions. Within this …
-
Ethical Consumerism and Fashion: An Introspective Study
Fashion is the second most polluting industry in the world and accounts for 8.1% of annual global climate impacts (Quantis, 2018, UN, 2019). There are ethical concerns relating to environmental harm and worker exploitation at the fibre production and garment assembly stages, overconsumption and …
-
Modelling fashion microblogs to increase the influence of social media marketing in Ireland and China
… has become an influential medium for marketing fashion brands and products online. For this reason, this study explores ten Irish and another ten Chinese fashion microblogging influencers’ microblogs using Text Mining and Netnography. By this comparison, the study finds a current model of how …
-
e‐Co-Textile Design: How can textile design and making, combined with social media tools, achieve a more sustainable fast fashion future?
… acknowledges that the convenience of fast fashion has shifted dependence on skills such as dressmaking, repairing and altering, passed from one generation to the next. Because of the accessible and affordable nature of mass manufacture the consumer is becoming less active within the design, …
-
Resale Revolution: Resellers' Evolving Power in the Digital Age
… resellers on online platforms in shaping modern fashion trends, with an emphasis on Generation Z consumer habits and the recommerce business model. This study explores the motivations behind Gen Z’s adoption of secondhand shopping, the rise of digital resale marketplaces, and the shift from …
-
Fashioning Futures, Designing Dreams: Gender, Class and Dress in Kathmandu
Are fashionable dressing practices reflective of class belonging, or can they be cleverly leveraged to create lasting class mobility for individuals with the knowledge and ability to know how to properly deploy them? This dissertation attempts to answer this question by examining the role of modern …
-
The logic of practice - understanding the Chinese newly rich consumers' status consumption in luxury fashion clothes.
… in the luxury sector through their conspicuous consumption. Chinese consumers lack of cultural capital and inexperience in the purchase and use of material commodities in the luxury consumption field has led many to associate their conspicuous consumption with pecuniary display of their newly …
-
Consumer Motivations and Perceived Value in Online Second-Hand Luxury Fashion Shopping
<p>The second-hand luxury fashion market is growing four times faster than the primary luxury fashion market and already represents a $24 billion market today (Beauloye, 2019; Siwak, 2020). Younger generations such as millennials and Gen Z are buying and selling preowned luxury products almost …
-
Slow Fashion Strategies for the Guangdong Industry from the Perspective of Well-Being
… environment, the sustainable development of fashion industry is receiving more and more attention. Slow fashion, as the opposite of fast fashion, is a fashion concept that promotes the sustainable development of the fashion industry by providing high-quality products, slowing down the …