Editorial (Special Issue: The Future of Sustainable Clothing Use Practice)

The first edition of 2024 for the International Journal of Sustainable Fashion & Textiles (SFT) is a Special Issue linked to the recent PLATE conference that took place at Aalto University in Helsinki, Finland in 2023 facilitated by Kirsi Niinimäki of Aalto University, Finland, Cosette M. Joyner Martinez, now based at Texas State University, United States, Claudia E. Henninger from the University of Manchester, United Kingdom and Katia Dayan Vladimirova from the University of Geneva, Switzerland. The issue comprises of a variety of papers addressing ‘The Future of Sustainable Clothing Use Practice’. The papers present differing viewpoints and angles to tackle a key issue in the fashion industry that is linked to its dirty secret – its waste problem. The collection of articles outlines not only key contributions to the field, but also highlights areas of future research.