Fashionopolis (Young Readers Edition)
The Secrets Behind the Clothes We Wear
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Did you ever think about where your jeans come from? How about the people who made your T-shirt, or what happens to the clothes you grow out of when you're done wearing them? The fabrics clothes are made of, the way they are designed and sewn and shipped around the world, and the way we consume them and get rid of them—every step in this process has a big impact on our environment, on the people who work in clothing factories, and on our cultures. This nonfiction book shows us how the clothes we wear—and throw away—every day are made, and what that means for our planet and for people around the world.
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Release date
February 15, 2022 -
Formats
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OverDrive Listen audiobook
- ISBN: 9780593503386
- File size: 133019 KB
- Duration: 04:37:07
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Languages
- English
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Levels
- Lexile® Measure: 1060
- Text Difficulty: 6-9
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Reviews
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April 1, 2022
Gr 6 Up-Paris-based journalist Thomas adapts her 2019 erudite expos� for younger audiences, and also (again) narrates. For a writer careful enough to include phonetic guidelines-"Maria Cornejo (pronounced "Cor-nay-ho")," for example-her inconsistencies surprise: Ikeda is not "ai-kee-dah"; "Iris (pronounced "EEE-reece")" is followed by Iris, like the flower. Missteps aside, her delivery carefully balances between objective and impassioned. Her content, however, might provoke polarizing reactions. Within the three-part fashion pyramid-haute couture (for women)/bespoke (for men), ready-to-wear, fast-fashion-her readers here are majority fast-fashion consumers (Zara, H&M, Gap). Fast-fashion, she irrefutably proves, sabotages the planet while rapaciously abusing desperate workers. And yet most sustainable options-which get detailed origin stories-are impossible for her target audience: $400 sweatpants; $1500 sweaters; $2,000 jeans, waitlist notwithstanding! Additional sustainability suggestions feel glossed over: trade, buy used, rent. And never wash your jeans? VERDICT Enraging? Perhaps. Ironically, the enlightenment feels worth every minute.
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