Dress rental purchasing system

ABSTARCT :

As an emerging product-service system (PSS) and part of a growing sharing economy, rental services of casual clothing for women are becoming increasingly common in many countries around the world. Rental services of casual and formal wear have the potential to reduce the life cycle environmental impact compared to the conventional ownership model of consumption. However, the environmental impact of rental services highly depends on the structure of business models and the resulting consumption patterns, which therefore makes the environmental benefit uncertain. To clarify the environmental implication of casual wear PSS, we analyzed the business model of providing companies in Germany and Japan through media research and interviews with the business providers. We performed a simple life cycle assessment of representative business models in each country. Our results show that it is necessary to increase the number of times a garment is worn when rented to achieve environmental benefits. These benefits are more significant for formal garments, which are infrequently worn for specific occasions than for a T-Shirt.

EXISTING SYSTEM :

? The textile and clothing industry, in particular fast fashion, contributes to resource depletion, produces large amounts of wastewater and solid waste, contributes to chemical and pesticide residues, and is known for the exploitation of workers among many other negative impacts. ? Consumers may choose to rent clothes to increase their wardrobe choices, rather than replace their normal purchasing. ? The research is based on a comparative life-cycle assessment (LCA) of a rental business model (PSS) vs. a linear (ownership) model of dress consumption. ? The scope focuses on use-oriented PSS for clothing, meaning rental clothing business models. Shared or rental clothing in this research entails facilitation of use and provision of access.

DISADVANTAGE :

? Rental services of casual and formal wear have the potential to reduce the life cycle environmental impact compared to the conventional ownership model of consumption. ? However, the environmental impact of rental services highly depends on the structure of business models and the resulting consumption patterns, which therefore makes the environmental benefit uncertain. ? The environmental impact of clothing is heavily influenced by the behavior of the consumers, especially how they launder their garments. ? These impacts are divided by the assumed amount of times an item is worn during the renting period.

PROPOSED SYSTEM :

• The purpose of the survey was to assess different behavioural consumption patterns of how users engage with the rental company. • It was comprised of two main parts: the first focused on the consumer’s typical purchasing and use behaviour for formal dresses, and the second focused on the consumer’s relationships with the case company in their rental participation and its effect on their normal purchasing. • The survey contributed data on garment use intensity, the number of dresses purchased yearly, transport modes and consumer transport distance, washing behaviour, and RR for rental dresses for purchased dresses.

ADVANTAGE :

? Providing a product as a service can change consumption patterns and may provide incentives for the optimisation of supply chains and product design to maximise the value offering to the consumer and the company. ? This could result in extended life spans of products, higher use intensities, and other value chain optimisations leading to implications such as resource efficiency and dematerialisation. ? Although PSSs such as clothing libraries can reduce the speed of fashion if garments are used more times, they also have the potential to promote consumption if users update their closets more frequently. ? The production processes modelled for the linear and rental BMs were identical since the case company offers rental of pre-used dresses and does not produce any dresses.