04 February 2025
A snail tenaciously ascending the slope of a frayed fabric. This is the cover image of the book “ Un avenir à tisser : pour un textile bon, sain, propre et juste,” a French edition published by Cohen & Cohen, of the book “ Dressing Good, Clean and Fair - To Return to Sustainable Fashion,” written by Dario Casalini, promoter of the Slow Fiber network.
With a preface signed by Carlin Petrini, founder of the global Slow Food movement, the book can be considered an “embryo” of the Slow Fiber manifesto; it contains important scenario data to give the right dimension to the impact that fashion, like food in the case of Slow Food, has on the lives of people and the planet.
Understanding its current impact, understanding its distortions and seeking the path back to more sustainable production and consumption models is the goal of Slow Fiber, which has among its main missions to educate consumers so that they can make more conscious choices. We know that the road is uphill, like that of the snail on the book's cover, but the goal is too important because, as the book states, “Dressing is a fundamental human need and is also its most immediate outward manifestation in our relationship with others [...]
Beauty is not just an individualistic affirmation of self, it is a form of exercising the right to happiness, which requires respecting the rights of others and safeguarding the environment and nature that host us.
