Fashion Designer Sustainability & Ethical Fashion 2

Question 1

Fair Trade certification in the fashion industry primarily ensures:

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Workers receive fair wages, safe working conditions, and protection from exploitation

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Products are priced fairly and affordably for end consumers

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Fabrics are exclusively made from certified natural materials

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Designs are original and protected from intellectual property theft

Question 2

The 'circular fashion' model is based on which core principle?

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Creating a closed-loop system where garments are reused, repaired, recycled, or composted

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Designing clothes that rotate back into style every few years

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Selling fashion products exclusively in circular or boutique retail spaces

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Designing only circular or rounded silhouettes and accessories

Question 3

Which natural fiber is well known for requiring very little water and no pesticides to grow, making it highly sustainable?

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Organic hemp

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Conventional cotton grown in irrigated fields

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Cashmere wool from Mongolian goats

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Viscose/rayon derived from wood pulp

Question 4

The 'true cost' concept in ethical fashion refers to:

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The total environmental and social impact of making a garment that is not reflected in its retail price

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The actual retail price of a garment after all markups are removed

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The cost of professional alterations needed to properly fit a garment

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The price difference between designer labels and generic brands

Question 5

Which of the following best describes the 'slow fashion' movement?

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Emphasizing quality, durability, and ethical production over rapid trend cycles

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Designing clothes that are hand-sewn and therefore take a very long time to produce

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Fashion shows structured over several days to showcase more collections

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Wearing the same outfit multiple consecutive days to reduce laundry

Question 6

The 2013 Rana Plaza disaster is significant to ethical fashion because it:

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Collapsed a factory building in Bangladesh, killing over 1,100 garment workers and exposing dangerous labor conditions

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Destroyed a major historic fashion archive in central Paris

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Caused a devastating fire at an international fashion show venue in Milan

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Led to a worldwide boycott of all synthetic and petrochemical-based fabrics

Question 7

What does 'traceability' mean in the context of sustainable fashion?

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The ability to verify every step of a garment's supply chain from raw material sourcing to the finished product

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The ability to accurately track garment measurements across different size standards

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Monitoring how many times a consumer has worn a specific garment

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Following emerging fashion trends across social media platforms