Overdressed

The Shockingly High Cost of Cheap Fashion

De: Elizabeth L. Cline

Narrado por: Amy Melissa Bentley

Cheap fashion has fundamentally changed the way most Americans dress. Stores ranging from discounters like Target to fast fashion chains like H&M now offer the newest trends at unprecedentedly low prices. Retailers are producing clothes at enormous volumes in order to drive prices down and profits up, and they've turned clothing into a disposable good. After all, 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.

But 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? In Overdressed, Elizabeth L. Cline sets out to uncover the true nature of the cheap fashion juggernaut, tracing the rise of budget clothing chains, the death of middle-market and independent retail­ers, and the roots of our obsession with deals and steals.

©2012 Elizabeth L. Cline (P)2016 Tantor

Reseñas de la Crítica

"[An] engagingly pointed, earnestly researched study." ( Publishers Weekly)

compelling info

Good mix of fashion history, stats, and stories. Written in a compelling manner but not shaking you into shopping differently.

Very Informative

This book is wonderful for anyone aspiring to or struggling to change their relationship with fast fashion. The information is delivered compellingly without any sort of guilt shaming. The knowledge of fast fashion industry is what creates the drive to change.

Will keep listening to this book over and over!

This book opened my eyes to a lot of things! A must hear book! It sad that we don't take care of our pieces of clothes and don't want quality when we can have quantity. if you ever wondered where is it that these cheap poorly sown clothing are coming from you should definitely get this book and open your eyes to a new world!

my favorite audible

this has been my most favorite listen. hard and shameful to take in, despite reader's easy and professional tone. inspiring of major understanding and behavior change.

Chapter four

Chapter four repeats itself. It’s really annoying. Other than that, the book was okay. I’ve read several books on this topic, this one wasn’t groundbreaking or anything.