The award-winning classic on why we must revolutionize the fashion industry.
*Selected by Emma Watson for her Ultimate Book List*
Fashion is political. From the red carpets of the Met Gala to online fast fashion, clothes tell a story of inequality, racism and climate crisis. In The Anti-Capitalist Book of Fashion, Tansy E. Hoskins unpicks the threads of capitalist industry to reveal the truth about our clothes.
Fashion brands entice us to consume more by manipulating us to feel ugly, poor and worthless, sentiments that line the pockets of billionaires exploiting colonial supply chains. Garment workers on poverty pay risk their lives in dangerous factories, animals are tortured, fossil fuels extracted and toxic chemicals spread just to keep this season's collections fresh.
We can do better than this. Moving between Karl Lagerfeld and Karl Marx, The Anti-Capitalist Book of Fashion goes beyond ethical fashion and consumer responsibility showing that if we want to feel comfortable in our clothes, we need to reshape the system and ensure this is not our last season.
About the Author
Tansy E. Hoskins is an award winning author and journalist who investigates the global fashion industry. This work has taken her to Bangladesh, India, North Macedonia, and to the Topshop warehouses in Solihull. This is her third book.
Andreja Pejić (Foreword) is an activist, renowned model and actress. She has appeared on covers, starred in movies and changed our perception of transgender people.
Table of Contents
Foreword by Andreja Pejić
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. Owning It
2. The Fashion Media
3. Buyology
4. Stitching It
5. A Bitter Harvest
6. The Body Politic
7. Is Fashion Racist?
8. Resisting Fashion
9. Reforming Fashion
10. Revolutionising Fashion
About the Illustrator
Notes
Bibliography
Index