All Outputs (6)

Laundry probes (2023)
Book Chapter
Rigby, E. (2023). Laundry probes. In Opening up the Wardrobe: A Methods Book (81-83). Novus Press

This book presents a unique collection of 50 methods for exploring the actions, relationships and material contents of wardrobes. Organised as a practical guide to gathering information about people and their clothing beyond the point of purchase, it... Read More about Laundry probes.

Practices of motherhood: Embodied experiences of everyday life (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Rigby, E., & Connor-Crabb, A. (2023). Practices of motherhood: Embodied experiences of everyday life.

Practices of garment use and care are pivotal to sustainability in fashion (Fletcher, 2016; Laitala & Klepp, 2020). This research focuses on working mothers with young children: how the dual pressures of parenting and work influence changes in clothi... Read More about Practices of motherhood: Embodied experiences of everyday life.

Wearing parenthood: A manifesto for change (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Rigby, E., & Connor-Crabb, A. (2023, May). Wearing parenthood: A manifesto for change. Presented at PLATE: Product Lifetimes and the Environment, Aalto University, Espoo, Finland

Garment quality and sustainability: A user-based approach (2019)
Journal Article
Connor-Crabb, A., & Rigby, E. D. (2019). Garment quality and sustainability: A user-based approach. Fashion Practice, 11(3), 346-374. https://doi.org/10.1080/17569370.2019.1662223

This paper explores the role played by female perceptions of garment quality in relation to how long clothing is kept and how it is used. It considers perceptions of quality in relation to implications for sustainability in fashion. The research invo... Read More about Garment quality and sustainability: A user-based approach.

Fashion, sustainability, and the anthropocene (2017)
Journal Article
Brooks, A., Fletcher, K., Francis, R. A., Rigby, E. D., & Roberts, T. (2017). Fashion, sustainability, and the anthropocene. Utopian Studies, 28(3), 482-504. https://doi.org/10.5325/utopianstudies.28.3.0482

The unbridled consumption of clothing threatens the environment. A discussion is developing around the adoption of new materials and economic models to reduce the impacts of clothing production and use. We discuss these emergent technologies in the w... Read More about Fashion, sustainability, and the anthropocene.

Mundane matters: Laundry, design and sustainability (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Rigby, E. (2016). Mundane matters: Laundry, design and sustainability. In CIRCULAR TRANSITIONS Proceedings (131-140)

Laundry is known to be a highly resource demanding and polluting practice. Many approaches to reducing impacts from laundry do not recognize the diverse reasons why laundry is carried out. Drawing on a subset of findings from a longitudinal laundry s... Read More about Mundane matters: Laundry, design and sustainability.