UNIDCOM/IADE, Lisbon, Portugal.
mSphere. 2023 Apr 20;8(2):e0068122. doi: 10.1128/msphere.00681-22. Epub 2023 Feb 6.
The fashion industry is the second most polluting industry in the world, representing a 2 trillion dollars and growing valuation. Fashion design practices have been perpetuating an industrial-focused approach, which relies mostly in the economic improvement through fast cycles of product development. Additionally, the fashion industry has also been closed to either multidisciplinary or transdisciplinary initiatives outside the scope of the artistic disciplines. Therefore, innovative approaches are needed to solve fashion industrial challenges. One of the most promising fields to tackle current environmental and technological problems in the fashion industry is microbiology. Through the emergent field of synthetic biology, the number of tools and approaches available is increasing and they can already be seen in niche applications. Despite the current advances and urgent need for change, there is still a long way until a more sustainable fashion industry is achieved.
时尚产业是世界上第二大污染产业，价值达 2 万亿美元且仍在不断增长。时尚设计实践一直延续着以工业为重点的方法，主要依赖于通过快速的产品开发周期来实现经济增长。此外，时尚产业也对艺术学科以外的多学科或跨学科举措持封闭态度。因此，需要创新方法来解决时尚产业面临的挑战。在微生物学领域，有希望解决时尚产业当前环境和技术问题的领域之一。通过合成生物学这一新兴领域，可用的工具和方法的数量正在增加，并且已经可以在利基应用中看到这些方法。尽管目前已经取得了进展，并且迫切需要改变，但要实现更可持续的时尚产业，还有很长的路要走。
