09/17/2016

In my identified fashion system, what interventions do I see as necessary? What places within the system seem appropriate for interventions?

According to Meadows idea in the article Places to Intervene in a System, it reminds me of environmental problems, and how supplies and designs are very important in the fashion system. Design makes the decision on what material to use. As there are a lot of industries processing clothes with the minimized price and horrible quality, if designers want to design with good quality, they would find some small industries and dealing with local farmers to produce their designs. To be sustainable is a crucial part in the system. We, human are not living for just 50 or 60 years, but there will be our offspring living on the earth. Everything is developing so fast that not all the development are good, we need to slow down to solve the problems we have been gained but not just keep ignoring them, there is no way to skip these complications without resolving. The amount of industries is increasing, but rivers are polluted by chemical materials; economy is growing, but poor people are rising. There are always the best and worst thing happen at the same time, balancing the situation is what we need to do, not just looking at the good part but to really concern the opposite part. We need slow fashion, local farms, small industry and good quality. They help to bring better condition to the environment and healthier life style.

 

Reference

Meadow, D.H, Leverage Points-Places to Intervene in a System,2008, P145-165.