Fashion victim : our love-hate relationship with dressing, shopping, and the cost of style /
An award-winning journalist looks at our love-hate relationship with dressing, shopping, and the cost of style in this report from the front lines of the fashion world, exposing the truth about sweatshops, shopaholics, and celebrity closets
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Broadway Books,
2003
New York : 2003 |
| Edition: | 1st ed |
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| Summary: | An award-winning journalist looks at our love-hate relationship with dressing, shopping, and the cost of style in this report from the front lines of the fashion world, exposing the truth about sweatshops, shopaholics, and celebrity closets Fashion has been transformed from an elite commodity to a powerful presence in mass market culture. We are obsessed with style, scouring magazines for the latest trends and racking up credit card debt to support compulsive shopping. In this book, journalist Lee blows the lid off the fashion industry and spotlights the often disturbing ways in which it is morphing our culture, our economy and our values. She traces the role of fashion through history, and explores the phenomenon of "McFashion," the proliferation of retailers like the Gap and Old Navy that are stripping us--and the designers they knock off--of individuality and innovation. And she probes the human cost of fashion's decadence, including distorted perceptions of beauty and the ugly financial disparity between those who make the clothes and those who buy them.--From publisher description "Fashion - from the $1,500 Prada bag to the $30 knock-off sold on the sidewalk - has been transformed from a commodity reserved for the elite to a powerful presence in mass-market culture. As a society, we are obsessed with fashion and style, racking up credit-card debt to support compulsive shopping habits, scouring magazines for the latest trends to follow, and focusing more on who's wearing what at the Oscars than on who's winning In Fashion Victim, award-winning journalist Michelle Lee blows the lid off the fashion industry, and spotlights the fascinating - and often disturbing - ways in which it is morphing our culture, our economy, and our values."--BOOK JACKET |
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| Item Description: | Includes index This WorldCat-derived record is shareable under Open Data Commons ODC-BY, with attribution to OCLC |
| Physical Description: | xxv, 294 p. : ill. ; 25 cm xxv, 294 p. ; 25 cm xxv, 294 pages ; 25 cm |
| ISBN: | 0767910486 9780767910484 (hdbk. : alk. paper) |