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Books are listed in order of year of publication - newest titles are at the top. There are 15 books in this booklist

  • Cover image of book Stitched Up: The Anti-Capitalist Book of Fashion by Tansy E. Hoskins
    Stitched Up: The Anti-Capitalist Book of Fashion - by Tansy E. Hoskins

    £14.99   paperback   (2022) - ISBN 13: 9780745346618 | ISBN 10: 0745346618

    *Selected by Emma Watson for her Ultimate Book List*  Fashion is political. From the red carpets of the Met Gala to online fast fashion, clothes tell a story of inequality, racism and climate crisis. In The Anti-Capitalist Book of Fashion, Ta ... more

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  • Cover image of book Foot Work: What Your Shoes Tell You About Globalisation by Tansy E. Hoskins
    Foot Work: What Your Shoes Tell You About Globalisation - by Tansy E. Hoskins

    £9.99   paperback   (2022) - ISBN 13: 9781474609869 | ISBN 10: 1474609864

    Do you know where your shoes come from? Do you know where they go when you're done with them?   In 2019, 66.6 million pairs of shoes were manufactured across the world every single day. They have never been cheaper to buy, and we have neve ... more

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  • Cover image of book Fashion Conscious by Sarah Klymkiw
    Fashion Conscious - by Sarah Klymkiw

    £7.99   paperback   (2020) - ISBN 13: 9781405295659 | ISBN 10: 1405295651

    Empowering the Greta Thunberg generation to change fast fashion!  With the Covid-19 global lockdown and a call to action from David Attenborough in Blue Planet II making everyone re-evaluate the relationship they have with the natural world, ... more

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  • Cover image of book Fashionopolis: The Price of Fast Fashion - and the Future of Clothes by Dana Thomas
    Fashionopolis: The Price of Fast Fashion - and the Future of Clothes - by Dana Thomas

    £9.99   paperback   (2020) - ISBN 13: 9781789546088 | ISBN 10: 1789546087

    Fashionopolis is the definitive book on the cost of fast fashion, and a blueprint for how we get to a more sustainable future.   Fashion has blighted our planet.  Today, one out of six people on earth work in fashion, churning out 10 ... more

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  • Cover image of book How To Break Up With Fast Fashion by Lauren Bravo
    How To Break Up With Fast Fashion - by Lauren Bravo

    £12.99   hardback   (2020) - ISBN 13: 9781472267740 | ISBN 10: 1472267745

    You probably know the statistics: global clothing production has roughly doubled in just 15 years, and every year an estimated 300,000 tonnes of used clothing ends up in UK landfill.  Fast fashion is the ultimate toxic relationship. It’s ba ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Conscious Closet: The Revolutionary Guide to Looking Good While Doing Good by Elizabeth L. Cline
    The Conscious Closet: The Revolutionary Guide to Looking Good While Doing Good - by Elizabeth L. Cline

    £12.99   paperback   (2019) - ISBN 13: 9781524744304 | ISBN 10: 1524744301

    From journalist, fashionista, and clothing resale expert Elizabeth L. Cline, “the Michael Pollan of fashion,”* comes the definitive guide to building an ethical, sustainable wardrobe you’ll love.  Clothing is one of the most personal ex ... more

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  • Cover image of book Clothing Poverty: The Hidden World of Fast Fashion and Second-Hand Clothes by Andrew Brooks
    Clothing Poverty: The Hidden World of Fast Fashion and Second-Hand Clothes - by Andrew Brooks

    £9.99   paperback   (2019) - ISBN 13: 9781786997371 | ISBN 10: 1786997371

    The new and updated edition of Brooks’ gripping exposé on the hidden networks of the fast-fashion industry.   Have you ever stopped and wondered where your jeans came from? Who made them and where? Ever wondered where they end up after you ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Wild Dyer: A Guide to Natural Dyes & the Art of Patchwork & Stitch by Abigail Booth
    The Wild Dyer: A Guide to Natural Dyes & the Art of Patchwork & Stitch - by Abigail Booth

    £16.99   paperback   (2017) - ISBN 13: 9780857833952 | ISBN 10: 0857833952

    `By teaching you the foundations of natural dyeing, and guiding you through the simple stitch techniques, this book will allow you to dip in and out of projects while learning how to forage for and grow your own dye plants.'   In The Wild Dyer ... more

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  • Cover image of book A Lot Like Eve: Fashion, Faith and Fig-Leaves: A Memoir by Joanna Jepson
    A Lot Like Eve: Fashion, Faith and Fig-Leaves: A Memoir - by Joanna Jepson

    £12.99   paperback   (2015) - ISBN 13: 9781472913173 | ISBN 10: 1472913175

    Joanna Jepson was born with a facial deformity that led to her being mercilessly bullied through childhood and adolescence whilst a strict evangelical upbringing imposed further challenges. Reconstructive facial surgery and a religious meltdown left ... more

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  • Cover image of book Clothing Poverty: The Hidden World of Fast Fashion and Second-Hand Clothes by Andrew Brooks
    Clothing Poverty: The Hidden World of Fast Fashion and Second-Hand Clothes - by Andrew Brooks

    £14.99   paperback   (2015) - ISBN 13: 9781783600670 | ISBN 10: 1783600675

    Have you ever stopped and wondered where your jeans came from? Who made them and where? Ever wondered where they end up after you donate them for recycling?   Following a pair of jeans, Clothing Poverty takes the reader on a vivid around-the- ... more

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  • Cover image of book Sustainable Fashion: Past, Present and Future by Jennifer Farley Gordon Farley, and Colleen Hill
    Sustainable Fashion: Past, Present and Future - by Jennifer Farley Gordon Farley, and Colleen Hill

    £26.99   paperback   (2014) - ISBN 13: 9780857851857 | ISBN 10: 0857851853

    Sustainable Fashion provides a unique and accessible overview of fashion ethics and sustainability issues of the past, present and future. This book is the first to situate today's eco-fashion movement in its multifaceted historical context, investig ... more

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  • Cover image of book Queer Style by Adam Geczy and Vicki Karaminas
    Queer Style - by Adam Geczy and Vicki Karaminas

    £22.99   paperback   (2013) - ISBN 13: 9781847881960 | ISBN 10: 1847881963

    Queer Style offers an insight into queer fashionability by addressing the role that clothing has played in historical and contemporary lifestyles. From a fashion studies perspective, it examines the function of subcultural dress within queer communit ... more

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  • Cover image of book Indigo: In Search of the Colour That Seduced the World by Catherine E. McKinley
    Indigo: In Search of the Colour That Seduced the World - by Catherine E. McKinley

    £8.99   paperback   (2012) - ISBN 13: 9781408822364 | ISBN 10: 1408822369

    Indigo is the rich, electrifying history of a precious dye: its relationship to the trans-Atlantic slave trade, its profound influence on fashion, and its spiritual significance - all very much alive today.  But it is also the story of a persona ... more

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  • Cover image of book Amelias Compendium of Fashion Illustration: Featuring the Very Best in Ethical Fashion Design by Amelia Gregory
    Amelias Compendium of Fashion Illustration: Featuring the Very Best in Ethical Fashion Design - by Amelia Gregory

    £25.00   paperback   (2010) - ISBN 13: 9780956409515 | ISBN 10: 0956409512

    Amelias Magazine has become a must see website for upcoming independent and ethical fashion designers, all illustrated in wonderful technicolour by our talented team of illustrators. Amelias Compendium of Fashion Illustration book brings to ... more

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  • Cover image of book Clean Clothes: A Global Movement to End Sweatshops by Liesbeth Sluiter
    Clean Clothes: A Global Movement to End Sweatshops - by Liesbeth Sluiter

    £22.99   paperback   (2009) - ISBN 13: 9780745327686 | ISBN 10: 0745327680

    This book tells the inspiring story of the Clean Clothes Campaign, the worldwide movement determined the improve the wages and working conditions of sweatshop workers in the clothing industry. Large retailers such as Tesco, Wal-Mart and Careefour ... more

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