Re-Imagining Garment Cutting Waste

Fashion Hacking, Zero-Waste, and the Power of Negative Spaces

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54337/plate2025-10350

Keywords:

Negative Spaces, Fashion Hacking, Zero-Waste Design, Textile Waste, Garment cutting

Author Biography

Maria Antonia Salomè, University of Florence, Italy

Maria Antonia Salomè is a PhD student in fashion design of the “Sustainability and Innovation for the Design of Built Environment and System Product'' Programme at Università degli Studi di Firenze (Italy) with a scholarship funded by NextGenerationEU in “Ecodesign strategies in the fashion system”. She holds a Master’s Degree in Visual Arts and Fashion from Università Iuav di Venezia and a bachelor's degree in Fashion Design from the Università della Campania Luigi Vanvitelli. Her research interests concern the creative process with a focus on ecodesign strategies, zero-waste approaches and digital practices in garment construction.

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24-06-2025

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Salomè, M. A. (2025). Re-Imagining Garment Cutting Waste: Fashion Hacking, Zero-Waste, and the Power of Negative Spaces. Proceedings of the 6th Product Lifetimes and the Environment Conference (PLATE2025), (6). https://doi.org/10.54337/plate2025-10350

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Track 11: Clothing, Footwear, and Accessories – Extended Abstracts