Overdressed
Material type: TextLanguage: English Publication details: Portfolio Penguin, 2012Description: vii, 244 p. ; 24 cm.ISBN:- 9781591846543
Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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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.