Overdressed The Shockingly High Cost of Cheap Fashion

Name: Overdressed The Shockingly High Cost of Cheap Fashion
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ISBN: 9781591846543

ISBN-10: 1591846544

ISBN-13: 9781591846543

Edition: 2013

Authors: Elizabeth L. Cline

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Overdressed does for T-shirts and leggings what Fast Food Nation did for burgers and fries.”Katha Pollitt Cheap fashion has fundamentally changed the way most Americans dress. Stores ranging from discounters like Target to traditional chains like JCPenny now offer the newest trends at unprecedentedly low prices. And we have little reason to keep wearing and repairing the clothes we already own when styles change so fast and it’s cheaper to just buy more. Cline sets out to uncover the true nature of the cheap fashion juggernaut. What are we doing with all these cheap clothes? And more important, what are they doing to us, our society, our environment, and our economic well-being?

Book details

List price: $18.00
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 8/27/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 5.48" wide x 8.19" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English



Introduction: 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


Afterword to the Paperback Edition


Acknowledgments


Notes


Index