Wardrobe Crisis
eBook - ePub

Wardrobe Crisis

How We Went from Sunday Best to Fast Fashion

  1. 336 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Wardrobe Crisis

How We Went from Sunday Best to Fast Fashion

About this book

Who makes your clothes? This used to be an easy question to answer it was the seamstress next door, or the tailor on the high street—or you made them yourself. Today, we rarely know the origins of the clothes hanging in our closets. The local shoemaker, dressmaker, and milliner are long gone, replaced a globalized fashion industry worth $1.5 trillion a year.In Wardrobe Crisis, fashion journalist Clare Press explores the history and ethics behind what we wear. Putting her insider status to good use, Press examines the entire fashion ecosystem, from sweatshops to haute couture, unearthing the roots of today's buy-and-discard culture. She traces the origins of icons like Chanel, Dior, and Hermès; charts the rise and fall of the department store; and follows the thread that led us from Marie Antoinette to Carrie Bradshaw. Wardrobe Crisis is a witty and persuasive argument for a fashion revolution that will empower you to feel good about your wardrobe again.

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Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Half-Title Page
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Contents
  6. Foreword
  7. Introduction
  8. CHAPTER 1 Behind the Seams
  9. CHAPTER 2 The Couture Effect
  10. CHAPTER 3 More Please, Sir
  11. CHAPTER 4 Status Anxiety
  12. CHAPTER 5 Because You’re Worth It
  13. CHAPTER 6 What’s in a Name?
  14. CHAPTER 7 Revolution Baby
  15. CHAPTER 8 The Dog Fur Private Eye
  16. CHAPTER 9 Counter Culture
  17. CHAPTER 10 Seventh Heaven?
  18. CHAPTER 11 Grand Social
  19. CHAPTER 12 The Ethical Runway
  20. CHAPTER 13 Silent Spring / Summer
  21. CHAPTER 14 Dyeing Shame
  22. CHAPTER 15 Slippery Customers
  23. CHAPTER 16 Weird Science
  24. CHAPTER 17 You Should See Polythene Pam
  25. CHAPTER 18 Waste Not, Want Not
  26. CHAPTER 19 Raising the Baa
  27. CHAPTER 20 Can We Really Change Our Ways?
  28. Acknowledgments
  29. Further Reading
  30. Notes