The true cost of fashion
Subtitle: how to shop to change the world
By: Louise Spilsbury
Series: True cost of
Published: 2014
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780750283465; 9780750277105
Subjects: Social aspects; Fashion; Consumption (Economics); Clothing trade; Economic aspects; Juvenile literature
Other titles: Fashion
Description: Find out how the things we buy and use every day are produced, often at a cost to workers' health or the environment, and discover how you can shop to change things for the better.
Notes: Originally published: 2013.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Fashion consumers; title: Fashion world map; title: A global industry; title: How the supply chain works; title: Raw materials; title: The rise of sweatshops; title: Case study 1. Tracking trainers; title: Labour behind the labels; title: Pay and conditions; title: Health impacts; title: Case study 2. Deadly denim; title: Environmental impacts; title: Pesticides and other chemicals; title: Case study 3. Growing organic cotton; title: Water issues; title: Making a change; title: Fairer trade; title: Case study 4. People tree; title: Eco fashion; title: What can we do; title: Shop to change the world.