The fashion industry have been one of the major source of pollution in the last years with great impact on both environmental and societal aspects [1]–[4]. Tracking sustainability metrics has gained more and more importance: governments, institutions and customers have expressed discontent towards these unsustainable practices, and the need of adequate tools and solutions to these issues has arisen.

In this paper, we present a literature review on solutions involving Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and semantic web technologies with the aim to discuss their possible applicability to the fashion industry. Several approaches have been considered and evidences suggest that the employment of semantic web solutions in LCA enable (1) a more robust representation of materials and products life cycle, and (2) a powerful mean

for traceability, which is an essential factor in sustainability assessments. A further contribution of this paper is about the possible use of semantic web solutions in the framework of MUSA-Next, a web application that has being developed in MUSA Spoke 5 (Multilayered Urban Sustainability Action), a NRRP project funded by the EU - NextGenerationEU.

In my paper, I aim to present a philosophical-phenomenological approach to the concept of luxury. The goal is to identify its essential characteristics. On the one hand, I will distinguish it from other related concepts that cannot be confused with it. On the other hand, I will explore other key concepts that must necessarily be introduced to characterize luxury. This analysis aims to reveal that luxury is not just limited to the spheres of economics and fashion, but its unique and peculiar nature also holds significant existential value for human experience.

In recent years, Wiesing (2018; 2019; 2021) has made a valuable contribution to the phenomenology of luxury. My paper will explicitly engage with Wiesing’s work to present and critically discuss his major thesis about the nature of luxury. According to him, the concept of “luxury” must be associated with the notion of a “superfluous and unnecessary effort.” In his view, something can only be considered luxury if it is “deemed […] to be irrational, inappropriate, excessive and, therefore, unreasonable in the effort it involves”.

Against this background, my goal will be instead to advocate for a notion of luxury which––beyond Kant, as Husserl understood in his way––can be construed as beautiful techne. Luxury must be enjoyed, but not in an irrational manner in the sense of a whim that opposes the norm, but rather in a manner of use that is elevated to the best possible aesthetic feeling (Gefühl). Clearly, as we will see, such a possibility also implies a danger for luxury to overcome a threshold beyond which it can undergo a qualitative transformation, resulting in trash or kitsch.