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1 online resource (1 audio file (7hr., 53 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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data file rda |
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Digital content provided by hoopla. |
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Read by Amy Melissa Bentley. |
| Summary |
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. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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Clothing trade -- Social aspects.
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Clothing trade -- Environmental aspects.
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Fashion -- Social aspects.
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Fashion -- Environmental aspects.
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Shopping -- Environmental aspects.
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Consumption (Economics) -- Social aspects.
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| Added Author |
Bentley, Amy Melissa.
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hoopla digital.
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| ISBN |
9781515996798 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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1515996794 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
| Music No. |
MWT11793085 |
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