Overdressed : the shockingly high cost of cheap fashion
Cline, Elizabeth L.2012
Book
Evaluates the costs of low-priced clothing while tracing the author's own transformation to a conscientious shopper, a journey during which she visited a garment factory, learned to resole shoes, and shopped for local, sustainable clothing.
Main title:
Overdressed : the shockingly high cost of cheap fashion / Elizabeth L. Cline.
Author:
Imprint:
New York : Portfolio/Penguin, 2012.
Collation:
vii, 244 p. ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Shelving notes:
24271 0000015576 1 29-07-2012 99 nyctro 30-07-2012 7
Contents:
Seven pairs of $7 shoes -- "I have enough clothing to open a store" -- How America lost its shirts -- High and low fashion make friends -- Fast fashion -- The afterlife of cheap clothes -- Sewing is a good job, a great job -- China and the end of cheap fashion -- Make, alter, and mend -- The future of fashion.
ISBN:
97815918465439781591844617 (hbk)1591844614 (hbk)
Dewey class:
338.4774692338.477
LC class:
HD9940.A2
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
184188
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
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| Library at the Dock | -Business and IT | BUSIN 338.477 CLIN | Available |