Sustaining Style: Towards Responsible Fashion

Booming fast fashion has made stylish clothing more affordable than ever before, but costs to industry workers and the natural environment have been serious. Issues include rising global carbon emissions, microplastic pollution of the world’s oceans, and widespread pesticide use, to name just a few.  “Sustaining Style” explores ideas and innovations being investigated here at Cornell University and around the world to realize a more sustainable way of producing and consuming fashion.

The Cornell community and Ithaca area public are warmly invited to join us on Thursday, March 23, 4:30 p.m.  for a  reception celebrating our spring 2023 exhibits  (Mann Library Gallery, 2nd floor). 

Mann Library is pleased to present "Sustaining Fashion" as part of the "Threads of History: Textiles Across Cornell" programming occurring on the Cornell campus in.  2022/2023.  Other exhibits and events taking place at Mann Library as part of this programming include:

• Threading the Needle: Weaving Tradition Into Contemporary Textile Art, an exhibit in the Mann Library Gallery, March 23 - August 2023. (Opening reception:  Thursday, March 23)
• Threads: Sustaining India’s Textile Tradition, film screening with professor of communication Katherine Sender (Mann Room 102, Tuesday, April 11, 4:00 p.m.);
• Clothing Exchange in collaboration with Cornell Thrift (Mann Lobby, Thurs, April 13). 
• Sew Creative: A Hands-on Workshop on the Techniques of Stitching (Mann Room 102, Friday, April 14; 12:00 - 2:00 p.m.; registration required).
• 19th Century Coverlets: A Finger Lakes Story (Mann Room 160, Thursday, May 4, 4:00 p.m.) 
• Fiber Arts Stressbuster - displays & activities with natural dyes & stamps, Friday, May 12, 11:00  a.m.- 2:00 p.m. 

Check mann.library.cornell.edu for more details and updates on additional programming.