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Sarah Bendall

Research Fellow Australian Catholic University
Sarah Bendall

Dr Sarah Bendall is a Research Fellow at the Gender and Women’s History Research Centre in the Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences, Australian Catholic University. She researches and writes about the production, trade and consumption of global commodities and fashionable consumer goods between 1500-1800. She is the author of Shaping Femininity.

 
 
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Chemical Usage / Wardrobe Issues Commentary
The environmental cost of a garment begins long before purchase and continues long after it leaves the wardrobe, shaped invisibly by chemistry the wearer never sees.

Behind the Label Lies a Longer and Stranger Chemical Story

  • Jane Wood
  • Charlotte Barras
  • Elena Probert

26 August 2026
Waste Crisis / Smart Clothes Commentary
The convergence of textile and electronic waste streams creates a category of refuse that neither industry can process cleanly, exposing gaps in regulation, disposal and material recovery.

The Coming Age of Smart Garments Demands a New Waste Doctrine

  • Ian Williams
  • Christina Webb
  • Stephen Beeby

26 August 2026
 
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Rethinking Circularity / Scaling Up Analysis
The store, the sales advisor and the after-sales experience convert technical detail into information that shapes how a client actually cares for and keeps a product.

Fashion Does Not Lack Circular Solutions, It Lacks Connections Between Them

  • Iuliia Moiseienko

9 September 2026
Global Apparel / Export Strategies Analysis
A sample carries the weight of collective sign-off, yet its authority holds only while the fabric, trim, label and pack behind it remain the ones accepted.

Four Identities That Move Between Sample Sign-Off and First Production Lot

  • Yinghang Wu

8 September 2026
 
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Going Circular / EOL Textiles / II Report
Policy frameworks for textile circularity are being assembled across Europe at legislative speed, but the industrial and logistical conditions they depend on are taking longer to arrive.

The Real Test of Textile Policy Is Not Ambition but What Survives Contact

  • Special Correspondent

2 April 2026
Footwear Footprint / Recycling Issue Report
Near-infrared scanning technology, adapted from the apparel sector, cannot identify materials in black soles where carbon black pigments absorb rather than reflect infrared light, accounting for 37% unknown results across the sample.

The Sneaker Economy Has a Structural Recycling Problem, Finds Fashion for Good Study

  • Special Correspondent

2 June 2026