Changing Geographies of Fashion in the European Semi-Periphery, Gebunden

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Chapter 1. Geographies of fashion: research topics, issues and discourses.- Chapter 2. The changing nature and geography of contemporary textile and clothing production in Poland: beyond shrinking.- Chapter 3. Geography of fashion design education and the involvement of Polish educational institutions in the sustainability discourse.- Chapter 4. Large and medium size Polish clothing and apparel firms and their strategies in the context of global (sustainability) trends in the fashion market.- Chapter 5. Entrepreneurial strategies of independent fashion designers and small fashion producers in Poland: their links with the sustainability discourse and spatial ramifications.- Chapter 6. Independent fashion fairs in Poland and their spatial contexts.- Chapter 7. Polish museums as important emergent non-commercial stakeholders in the fashion ecosystem.- Chapter 8. Fashion consumers and their consumption patters as an opportunity or a major challenge to fashion sustainability in the Polish context?.- Chapter 9. Places, spaces and stakeholders in the fashion market in two major Polish cities. Taking a closer look at the fashion ecosystem on the local level.- Chapter 10. Conclusions. The importance of different spatial scales and participants in the fashion ecosystem for sustainable changes in the production and consumption of fashion in Poland.