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Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: Portfolio Penguin, 2012Description: vii, 244 p. ; 24 cm.ISBN:
  • 9781591846543
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Seven pairs of
Summary: 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.
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Book TBS Barcelona Libre acceso HD9939 CLI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available B01453

Seven pairs of 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.

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.

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