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Overdressed, the shockingly high cost of cheap fashion, Elizabeth L. Cline

Label
Overdressed, the shockingly high cost of cheap fashion, Elizabeth L. Cline
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Overdressed
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
733230711
Responsibility statement
Elizabeth L. Cline
Sub title
the shockingly high cost of cheap fashion
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
Table Of 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
Classification
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