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Fashionopolis

By: Dana Thomas
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What should I wear? More than ever, we are told it should be something new. Today, the clothing industry churns out 80 billion garments a year and employs every sixth person on Earth. Historically, the apparel trade has exploited labour, the environment and intellectual property.

Best-selling journalist Dana Thomas has travelled the globe to discover the visionary designers and companies who are reclaiming traditional craft and launching cutting-edge sustainable technologies to produce better fashion. Thomas sees renewal in a host of developments, including printing 3-D clothes, clean denim processing, smart manufacturing, fabric recycling - even lab-grown materials. From small-town makers and Silicon Valley whizzes to household names such as Stella McCartney, Levi's and Selfridges, Thomas highlights the companies big and small that are leading the crusade.

An investigation into the damage wrought by the colossal clothing industry - and the grassroots, high tech, international movement fighting to reform it.

©2019 Dana Thomas (P)2019 Penguin Audio Engineering Technology Business

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all in all a positive book. A large part is about new business models and technologies, of which many are possibly about to become mainstream features in fashion materials, production, and retail.

very informative about new technologies

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A very interesting & scary look at fashion. It's definitely made me think about what & how much I purchase.

Interesting & scary!!

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Thank you! This book make you think even more about environment and the way we all can make a change!

Great book!

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so interesting, get it, you love it. this has changed how I will dress in the morning

amazing

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This book did exactly what I wanted it to do: provoke deep thought about my own actions around consuming fashion and also about the politics of fast fashion. I did not feel preached to, or made to feel bad for my past decisions, but I was given options to choose better in the future. Dana Thomas doesn't try to have all the answers, but she thoughtfully interrogates her own consumption of clothing in an open and clear way which can be used as a pathway to more sustainable living.

Thought provoking

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the book is ok, and the problems it highlights are still not solved and have got worse

what has come to pass

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