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Book SynopsisSara B. Marcketti is Director of the Center of Excellence in Learning and Teaching and Professor of Apparel, Events, and Hospitality Management at Iowa State University, USA
Elena E. Karpova is Putnam and Hayes Distinguished Professor of Consumer, Apparel, and Retail Studies at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, USA
Trade ReviewAs leaders in their field, Karpova, Marcketti, and their impressive roster of authors were uniquely qualified to take on the task of creating this compilation of contemporarily significant studies on the most pressing, interconnected challenges in the modern fashion system. Readers of
The Journal of Dress History will find this book to be a valuable resource to turn to when examining garments, the conditions under which they were made, and the questions that arise from their production and consumption. * The Journal of Dress History *
The Dangers of Fashion convincingly dissects the complexities of the challenges and solutions for achieving an ethical and sustainable fashion industry that spans cultures with differing values, world views, and profit motives. The authors’ narratives point out that no single segment of the industry, whether fiber and apparel production, retailing, or consumption, can stand alone in effecting change. This book, with its critical integrative focus, should be required in all fashion programs. * Mary Littrell, Colorado State University, USA *
This book brilliantly weaves together the fashion system’s harmful and ethical uncertainties. The reader is given threads of knowledge as well as reasons for hope and urgency in what should be required reading for all. * Connie B Ulasewicz, San Francisco State University, USA *
The Dangers of Fashion strays into territories all too often ignored by other texts, that of the ethics and morals of producing fashion, with chapters on counterfeiting and cultural appropriation. Texts cover topics from earth to dirt and all the processes in between through a range of contributors that span content and continents to give a complete picture of the impacts of fashion. * Sass Brown, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK *
Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Notes on Contributors
Part 1 – Moral and Ethical Dangers in Fashion 1. Introduction
Sara B. Marcketti and Elena E. Karpova 2. Moral Dilemmas in the Fashion Business
Jung Ha-Brookshire 3. Sustainability [Must] Drive Design
Elizabeth Bye 4. Stealing Fashion Designs
Sara B. Marcketti, Jean Parsons, and Hallie Erdahl Part 2 – The Dangers of Making Fashion 5. Fibres and Materials: What is Fashion Made of?
Huantian Cao 6. Fashion: An Unrecognized Contributor to the Climate Change
Kim Y. Hiller Connell and Melody L. A. LeHew 7. The Dangers in the Fashion Supply Chain: Offshore vs. Domestic Sourcing
Ting Chi and Sheng Lu 8. A Look at Labour Issues in Manufacture of Apparel through the Perspective of Human Trafficking and Modern-Day Slavery
Marsha Dickson and Hayley Warren 9. Exodus to Elsewhere: Exploring the Effects of Fashion Industry Globalization on Local Communities
Nancy Hodges Part 3 – The Dangers of Consuming Fashion 10. Taking offense: A discussion of fashion, appropriation, and cultural insensitivity
Denise Nicole Green and
Susan B. Kaiser 11. Striving to Fit In
Kelly L. Reddy-Best 12. Pain in [From] Fashion
Ellen McKinney and Eulanda A. Sanders Part 4 – The Dangers of Caring for and Disposing Fashion 13. A Consumer Perspective on Clothing Care: Economic, Environmental and Social Costs
Pam Norum and Rachel LoMonaco-Benzing 14. Disposing Fashion: From the Ugly…
Jana M. Hawley and Elena E. Karpova 15. Disposing Fashion 2: …To the Good
Elena E. Karpova and Jana M. Hawley 16. Conclusion
Elena E. Karpova and Sara B. Marcketti Index
