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The central aim is to showcase how traditional Kalash textile practices can enhance modern sustainable fashion.

April 16, 2026Open Access

Fashion Sustainability and Cultural Continuity: Integrating Traditional Kalash Textile Techniques into Modern Sustainable Fashion

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The paper demonstrates how Kalash textile practices offer sustainable alternatives, highlighting vital cultural insights and methods.

The central aim is to showcase how traditional Kalash textile practices can enhance modern sustainable fashion.
Analyzed traditional Kalash textile production in four dimensions: hand embroidery, natural materials, cultural color palette, garment construction.
Mapped Kalash traditions to contemporary sustainable fashion frameworks: slow, circular, and ethical fashion.
Proposed integration pathways for contemporary designers with respect to Kalash methods.
Identified structural challenges in market engagement and community strategies.
Kalash practices align with the triple-bottom-line sustainability framework, showing strong environmental, social, and economic performance.
Highlighted that Kalash fashion's slow, circular, and ethical characteristics predate contemporary movements.
Demonstrated the need for fair trade practices to maintain ethical production in commercial markets.

Arzoo Agha (2024) studied this question.

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