Clothing Poverty (eBook)

The Hidden World of Fast Fashion and Second-Hand Clothes

Andrew Brooks (Autor)

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2019 | 2. Auflage
296 Seiten
Zed Books (Verlag)
978-1-78699-738-8 (ISBN)

Infos

The new and updated edition of Brooks’ gripping exposé on the hidden networks of the fast-fashion industry.

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Have you ever stopped and wondered where your jeans came from? Who made them and where? Ever wondered where they end up after you donate them for recycling?Following a pair of jeans, Clothing Poverty takes the reader on a vivid around-the-world tour to reveal how clothes are manufactured and retailed, bringing to light how fast fashion and recycling are interconnected. Andrew Brooks shows how recycled clothes are traded across continents, uncovers how retailers and international charities are embroiled in commodity chains which perpetuate poverty, and exposes the hidden trade networks which transect the globe.In this new and updated edition, Brooks retraces his steps to look at the fashion industry today, and considers how, if at all, the industry has changed in response to mounting consumer pressure for more ethical clothing. Stitching together rich narratives, from Mozambican markets, Nigerian smugglers and Chinese factories to London's vintage clothing scene, TOMS shoes and Vivienne Westwood's ethical fashion lines, Brooks uncovers the many hidden sides of fashion.

Autor

lt;p>Andrew Brooks is a lecturer in development geography at King’s College London. He is also the author of The End of Development: A Global History of Poverty and Prosperity (Zed 2017).

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.10.2019
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Makroökonomie
• Schlagworte: affordable ethical clothing • Africa • Assessing the Environmental Impact of Textiles and the Clothing Supply Chain • Capitalism • Climate • clothing design • Detox Fashion • Development Studies • Environment • ethical clothing • ethical design • Ethical Fashion • Fashion Brands • Fashion Buying • Fashion Design • fashion journalism • Globalisation • Global Supply Chain • london college fashion • people tree clothing • Potential Supply Chains in the Textiles and Clothing Sector in South Asia • safia minney • st martins • supply chains in fashion • Sustainable clothing • Sustainable fashion • Tailoring • tamga designs • The End of Development • Threads of Labour • vildnis • Why Economists Get It Wrong
• ISBN-10: 1-78699-738-X / 178699738X
• ISBN-13: 978-1-78699-738-8 / 9781786997388