Title: Labor and Creativity in New York's Global Fashion Industry
Description: "This book tells the story of fashion workers engaged in the labor of design and the material making of fashion in New York in the early twenty-first century. Christina Moon offers an illuminating ethnography into the various sites and practices that make up fashion labor in the New York industry, including sample rooms, design studios, runways, factories, and design schools. By exploring the work practices, social worlds, and aspirations of fashion workers, this book offers a unique look into the meaning of labor and creativity in twenty-first century global fashion. This book will be of interest to scholars in design studies, fashion history, and fashion labor"--
Subjects: Economics, Costume design, Clothing trade, History, Fashion, Fashion design