Fixing Fashion
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Fixing Fashion

Rethinking the Way We Make, Market and Buy Our Clothes

Michael Lavergne

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Fixing Fashion

Rethinking the Way We Make, Market and Buy Our Clothes

Michael Lavergne

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About This Book

  • The only book to present an industry insider's first-hand account of the human cost arising from the competitive race to translate high-end fashion for mass markets at the lowest possible prices
  • The author worked for 18 years as a senior executive with decision-making responsibility at international brands and retailers in Asia, Latin America, the Middle East, Africa and North America
  • The author has a unique understanding and insight into business models and supply chains, and how purchasing decision are made
  • This book explains how horrific accidents such as Rana Plaza and other human rights abuses can continue to happen in today's garment industry
  • Calls for collective consumer, business and civil society actions to rethink the way we make, market and buy our clothes in this US$500 billion a year industry
  • Highlights the best of a new breed of entrepreneurs and stakeholders who are lobbying for change across the international supply chains
    International market: HONG KONG EXPAT COMMUNITY author SPENT NEAR SIX YEARS THERE- SPECIFICALLY MENTIONs AUSTRALIAN BOOKSTORE CHAIN 'DYMOCKS', WELL PLACED IN KEY ASIAN EXPAT CENTRES LIKE HONG KONG, SINGAPORE, THAILAND.

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Year
2015
ISBN
9781550925951

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