ABSTRACT

This article examines the relations of creativity, enterprise, and activism that define Aranya, a luxury fashion brand based in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It argues that these relations disrupt existing theorizations of the local and global in fashion scholarship, and help to undo the knowledge practices which position the global North as fashion’s centre. The brand is instructive for understandings of ethical and sustainable fashion because it reveals the interdependencies and productive engagements between diverse people and places that underpin sustainable fashion-making. These practices are described as ‘more than local’ because they embed mobile, intercultural relations of scale and reciprocity. It is argued that maintaining these relationships across scales is a form of labour that can generate intercultural knowledge and is integral to a model of entrepreneurship that can encompass generosity and solidarity.

摘要

本文探讨了定义 Aranya（位于孟加拉国达卡的奢侈时尚品牌）的创造力、企业和激进主义之间的关系。它认为，这些关系破坏了当地和全球时尚学术界的现有理论，并有助于消除将全球北方定位为时尚中心的知识实践。该品牌对于理解道德和可持续时尚具有指导意义，因为它揭示了支持可持续时尚制作的不同人和地方之间的相互依存关系和富有成效的参与。这些实践被描述为“不仅仅是本地的”，因为它们嵌入了规模和互惠的移动、跨文化关系。