In short vignettes tied to the rhythms of the seasons, Kate Fletcher, fashion and sustainability pioneer, explores interrelationships between clothing and the natural world in this first volume of Fletcher's Almanac. Writings and predictions for each month feature nature, not as the scenery against which fashion stories unfold, but the main event, and the connection of fashion and nature, the story. It has been said that fashion speaks capitalism. In these entries it speaks another tongue, the language of the earth. A beautifully illustrated pocket-sized book to take with you on your forays into nature. This will be a limited edition, with the second volume of Fletcher's Almanac coming next year.
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A beautifully illustrated pocket-sized book to take with you on your forays into nature. This will be a limited edition, with the second volume of Fletcher's Almanac coming next year.
ContentsWinter january Moss: the winter coat of woodland floors 16 february The land is the thing, to care is the way 20 march The woodlands wear flowers 25 Spring april Buzzard life: a Spring/Summer collection 32 may Hawthorn, the colour of a boil wash 36 june Quiet as larch: dressing to hear the world 39 Summer july Needle mirrors beak 51 august Awareness: wearing more now than before 54 september Crop tops and spider silk: things from two fields ordinarily not regarded as related 57 Autumn october The fashion system knows above all that there is a season for all things 64 november The swan travelator: mystery and familiarity 67 december In the rain we meet as animals 70
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Kate Fletcher will be part of a panel discussion as part of Stroud Book Festival on Thursday 7 November 2024 along with Quickthorn writers Rachael Matthews, author of Rag Manifesto and Lynn Setterington, author of Connecting Threads.
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781739316068
Publisert
2024-10-30
Utgiver
Vendor
Quickthorn
Høyde
150 mm
Bredde
100 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
76

Forfatter

Biographical note

Kate Fletcher is a Professor at the Royal Danish Academy, Copenhagen and at Oslo Metropolitan University in Norway. Her work, including that on systems change, post-growth fashion, fashion localism and Earth Logic, both defines and challenges the field of fashion, textiles and sustainability. She has written and/or edited twelve books available in eight languages, and in 2022 she was identified by author Margaret Atwood as a visionary. Kate is a co-founder of the Union of Concerned Researchers in Fashion. Her most recent work is about design, clothing and nature.

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Kate Fletcher is author of several books

  • Earth Logic Gardening: A practical guide to Ecological, Social, Cultural & Economic Change with Mathilda Tham, 2023;
  • Multi-Centred Worlds, 2023;
  • Outfitting, Kate Fletcher and Helen Mort, 2022, Hazel Press;
  • Routledge Handbook of Sustainability and Fashion, 2016;
  • Craft of Use: Post-Growth Fashion, 2016, Routledge;
  • Sustainable Fashion and Textiles: Design Journeys, Revised edition, 2014;
  • Opening up the Wardrobe: A Methods Book, Edited with Ingun Grimstad Klepp 2023, Novus Press;
  • Wild Dress: Clothing & the Natural World, 2019, Uniform books.

The Illustrator

Danai Tsouloufa is a designer and illustrator living and working in Athens, Greece. Her artistic practice revolves around collaging images from vintage magazines and papers to craft unexpected visual narratives and spaces that operate between the figurative and the abstract. She has collaborated with Kate multiple times over the last decade. danaitsouloufa.com

Designed by Fraser Muggeridge Studio, London