Overdressed
The Shockingly High Cost of Cheap Fashion
Penguin Publishing Group · Print & ebook · August 27, 2013
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- Who it’s for
- A brisk, conversation-ready look at what cheap fashion costs beyond the rack.
- Genres
- Fashion & Textiles Business, Green Business, Fashion & Accessories
- Published
- Penguin Publishing Group, August 27, 2013
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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 JCPenney 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.
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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?
Style, with Teeth
A brisk, conversation-ready look at what cheap fashion costs beyond the rack.
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- fashion with a social-theory edge
- plenty to talk about after each chapter
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- shop talk with sharper teeth
- a sustained read that keeps turning into discussion
Where it sits
| Fashion & Textiles Business | 73% |
|---|---|
| Green Business | 36% |
| Fashion & Accessories | 26% |
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- Why People Buy
- Fashion & Textiles Business
- Green Business
- Authors
- Elizabeth L. Cline
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Published
- August 27, 2013
- Format
- Print & ebook
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