KnE Social Sciences
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Zero-waste Pattern for Breastfeeding Mothers' Clothes According to the Style of Today's Working Women
Published date: Jan 08 2025
Journal Title: KnE Social Sciences
Issue title: The Bandung Creative Movement 2023 – Enhancing Collaboration In Arts, Design And Craft For Sustainable Creative Industries: Sustainable Design
Pages: 97 - 103
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Abstract:
Today’s working women must carry out double obligations when they have a family. A woman who is also a working young mother must continue to carry out her responsibilities as a mother. If she is acting as a mother running an exclusive breastfeeding program, of course, she will breastfeed and get used to pumping milk even after returning to work. The need for fashion for breastfeeding/pumping breast milk comfortably and remaining fashionable when used for work is one of the challenges for designers. Besides being comfortable for working mothers, today’s fashion designs must support the eco-friendly movement. One of the fashions that seek to be environmentally friendly according to current design trends is the design principle with a zero-waste pattern. Literature study, experimentation, market research, and iteration design methods will be used in developing clothing designs for working mothers in the breastfeeding phase. The focus of nursing clothes that are currently developing uses many zippers/pull buttons and rubber to increase quick access to breastfeeding/pumping. The materials used have varied from t-shirts and polyester to cotton. In this study, we will focus on seeking development without using zippers and rubber and compare several fabrics to obtain the comfort and style that best suits today’s working mothers.
Keywords: zero-waste pattern, nursing clothes, working mothers
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