The theme of this work is about overlapping spheres of the contemporary issues: ecology, sustainable production, environmental protection and fashion products within a society that has been in the deep crisis of resources for the first decades of the new millennium. The problem itself offers multiple aspects of the view, from the wider economic image of the society, the principles of the functioning of trade and exchange, the fashion world which makes a significant share, to the psychology of the individual as the ultimate user. Design waste is set primarily as the technological nature in which new knowledge is applied to minimize the adverse effects of the production process, but also to provide exceptional potential in expressing creativity by incorporating new intelligent solutions into existing methods. If it meets the basic needs of users, it has fulfilled its functional goal by contributing to the preservation of the environment through the simultaneous saving of energy and materials. This work will remain primarily in the general context of society and ecology and systematically present the historical overview and impacts that shaped what we now call zero waste, while simultaneously looking at the potentials and values that zero-waste design carries for the future of clothing production.