This book argues that adopting a decolonial approach to fashion, textiles, and their design and manufacture is the only way to achieve true sustainability in the fashion industry. To this end, it critically examines Western discourse on sustainability and sustainable fashion, as these have not delivered the expected results. The chapters in this book go beyond the debate on the technical aspects of sustainability in fashion and assert that it cannot be achieved without dismantling systems of white supremacy and racial injustice.

Miguel Angel Gardetti, founded the Centre for Sustainable Textile. He was guest co-editor for several publications in journals and books and renowned professor at different Latin American universities. Between 2012 and 2015, he was also a member of the Consulting Board of the “Future Fashion” Project of MISTRA (a Swedish government foundation that conducts research into environmental topics). He participated in the activity “Changing the World Through Fashion,” organized by the United Nations for the 4th Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20). He was -after 20 years- an active member of the Global Compact in Argentina—which is a United Nations initiative—and was a member of its governance body—the Board of The Global Compact, Argentine Chapter—for two terms. He was also part of the task force that developed the “Management Responsible Education Principles” of the United Nations Global Compact. This task force was made up of over 55 renowned academics worldwide pertaining to top Business Schools.