Dana Thomas

Fashionopolis

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'A gripping blockbuster… Thomas researches meticulously and writes with simmering even-handed anger' TELEGRAPH.
Fashionopolis is the definitive book on the cost of fast fashion, and a blueprint for how we get to a more sustainable future.

Fashion has blighted our planet. Today, one out of six people on earth work in fashion, churning out 100 billion garments a year. Yet 98 percent of them do not earn a living wage, and 2.1 billion tonnes of clothing is thrown away annually. The clothing industry's exploitation of fellow humans and the environment has reached epic levels. What should we do?

Bestselling author and veteran journalist Dana Thomas has travelled the globe to find the answers. In Fashionopolis, she details the damage wrought by fashion's behemoths, and celebrates the visionaries — including activists, artisans, designers, and tech entrepreneurs — fighting for change.

We all have been casual about our clothes. It's time to get dressed with intention. Fashionopolis is the first comprehensive look at how to start.

Reviews:

'Fascinating… Powerful… Thomas has succeeded in calling attention to the major problems of the fashion industry' New York Times

'Thomas takes a story most of us think we know, but tells it better and in compelling, readable detail' The Times

'Engaging and thorough… Fashionopolis has implications beyond cloth and thread' Financial Times

'Thomas is a conscientious reporter — as evidenced in her research, which is studded with statistics' Times Literary Supplement
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379 printed pages
Publication year
2019
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Quotes

  • mironchik93has quoted4 years ago
    The revolution is not only going to be born from the makers. We all have to step up. Buy less. Wash our clothes differently. Repair or upcycle them more. Consider the impact of the material they are made of. Consider the supply chain that produces them. Consider the tenets of the company that created and distributed them. We need to fashion a personal style that does more good for the world than ill
  • b0528152789has quoted4 years ago
    Slavery, child labor, and prison labor have all been integral parts of the supply chain at one time or another—including today
  • b0528152789has quoted4 years ago
    “The original, pre-industrial definition of fashion was to make things together—a collective that is a convivial, sociable process we use to communicate with each other. The current definition is the production, marketing, and consumption of clothes—an industrialized system for making money.”

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