ABSTRACT
This chapter explores the complexities associated with the sourcing and manufacturing of sustainable fashion materials and products in a globalized industry. Sourcing within the fashion supply chain is typically associated with business: budgets and deadlines, purchasing and selling, shipping and supplying. This is complicated further with the interdependent relationships between supplier and designer, designer and maker, maker and seller, seller and user, all of whom are connected to a product that is often determined by price, quality and speed.
