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The hidden life of clothing : historical perspectives on fashion and sustainability /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Worth, Rachel (Author)
Corporate Author: EBSCOhost
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Bloomsbury Publishing USA, 2023.
Subjects:
Clothing trade > Sustainable methods.
Fashion.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Half Title
  • Series Page
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1: The hidden language of clothing
  • Nursery rhymes, fabric and clothing
  • Rhymes about clothing and class
  • Rhymes with an advisory or cautionary (clothing) theme
  • Rhymes about clothing poverty
  • Chapter 2: From democratisation to fast fashion
  • Technological change and the cotton industry
  • Developments in the making and retailing of ready-made clothing
  • Adoption of the sewing machine
  • Retailing revolution (I)
  • The democratisation of shoe production
  • Retailing revolution (II)
  • Democratising colour
  • Chapter 3: Sustainability and clothing in context
  • The emergence of fashion
  • The road to fast fashion
  • The backlash against fast fashion
  • The fabric of fashion conundrum
  • Transparency on the label
  • The use of fur and feathers
  • Chapter 4: The human factor: Clothing, growth and alternative economic paradigms
  • 'Sweating' and the fight for a minimum wage
  • The move to outsourcing
  • The 'economics' of fast fashion
  • Chapter 5: Clothing, nature and the environment
  • Clothing in pastoral narratives
  • Nature fights back
  • Nature and the Arts and Crafts Movement
  • Chapter 6: Philosophies of dress
  • Oscar Wilde: 'The Philosophy of Dress'
  • Mary Eliza Haweis: The Art of Dress
  • Eric Gill: Clothes
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index