Author(s)

Md. Suruj-Zaman¹, Khurshid Jahan¹, Farhana Sharmin Nisa¹, Raihan Hossain¹, Al Amin Ador¹, Md. Sabbir Hossain¹, Md. Nazmul Hasan Khandoker^1,2, Taosif Ahmed^1,3*

¹Department of Textile Engineering, National Institute of Textile Engineering & Research (NITER), Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
²School of Fashion, Wuhan Textile University, Wuhan, China.
³School of Environmental Engineering, Wuhan Textile University, Wuhan, China.

In this research work, the lifetime of different garments has been investigated by surveying 500 people. Also, the lifetime of the same items has been investigated by following the same procedure after adopting refashion. The difference in life before and after refashion has been investigated as well. The survey result shows that the lifetime of the garments items increases to a greater extent after adopting refashion. As it is possible to increase the lifetime of garments by refashioning so the refashion technique followed in this research work has an environmental, social, and economic impact to obtain enrich and greener world.

Refashion, Redesign, Clothing, Lifespan, Lifetimes, Sustainable Fashion, Functional Unit

Suruj-Zaman, M. , Jahan, K. , Sharmin Nisa, F. , Hossain, R. , Amin Ador, A. , Sabbir Hossain, M. , Nazmul Hasan Khandoker, M. and Ahmed, T. (2021) Enlargement of Useful Lifespan of Different Garments by Adopting Refashion. Art and Design Review, 9, 1-18. doi: 10.4236/adr.2021.91001.