Fixing fashion : rethinking the way we make, market and buy our clothes
Lavergne, Michael2015
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With sales of more than five hundred billion US dollars a year, the fashion industry is one of the most important sectors of the global economy, employing millions of men, women, and often children in the developing world. And yet its record is far from pretty. The collapse of Bangladesh's Rana Plaza with some thirty-five hundred desperately underpaid garment workers inside was a shocking example of what can go wrong when manufacturers ruthlessly cut costs while turning a blind eye to labour rights and workplace safety. Written by an apparel industry insider, 'Fixing Fashion' argues that the true legacy of Rana Plaza is increased awareness of how cheap, disposable clothing has led time and time again to serious community, environmental, and labour rights abuses.
Main title:
Fixing fashion : rethinking the way we make, market and buy our clothes / Michael Lavergne.
Author:
Lavergne, Michael, author
Imprint:
Gabriola Island, BC : New Society Publishers, [2015]©2015
Collation:
xi, 226 pages ; 23 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780865718005 (pbk. :)
Dewey class:
338.47687
Language:
English
BRN:
1838364