Overdressed
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Average rating3.4
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Ratings7
Average rating3.4
Evaluates the costs of low-priced clothing while tracing the author's own transformation to a conscientious shopper, a journey during which she visited a garment factory, learned to resole shoes, and shopped for local, sustainable clothing.
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I didn't get as much out of this book as I was hoping. But I think that's due to already being quite steeped in the textile and fashion sustainability culture. This book didn't really tell me anything I didn't already know, maybe just painted it in a bit finer of detail. I think when it came out it was probably quite groundbreaking but I had been hoping for a bit more. Can't really fault the author for the passage of time. Overall though it's a good read and foes a concise and detailed job of explaining some of the myriad issues in the fashion and textile industries. Still worth the read 12 years later.
