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“Mary Gehlhar’s third edition of her seminal Fashion Designer Survival Guide is the definitive how-to for navigating the fashion industry, post-pandemic. Mary’s trailblazing book illuminates and inspires. She is a fashion treasure and this new edition is a rare gem.” Tim Gunn “The Fashion Designer Survival Guide is packed with essential knowledge and advice from industry experts and experienced designers to set you on the right path. These insights will give you the solid foundation to create a plan and make smart decisions…” Christian Siriano In this updated and expanded edition of The Fashion Designer Survival Guide, Mary Gehlhar, industry authority and consultant to hundreds...
In an increasingly globalized world, offshore manufacturing is often favored over domestic manufacturing for its ability to meet greater demands for goods that can be manufactured at lower costs, ultimately saving both companies and consumers money. However, a number of concerns also arise when examining offshoring's impact on a domestic and international scale. Some argue that offshoring results in the exploitation of workers from lower-income countries, while others express concern over the potential loss of domestic jobs that can result from it. This volume examines the benefits and drawbacks of domestic and offshore manufacturing through numerous points of contention.
A fin de promover el comercio justo y la solidaridad entre el Sur Global y el Norte Global, la Guía de Comercio Justo aborda el comercio justo desde diferentes perspectivas y ámbitos. Los investigadores canadienses presentan, en particular, una visión transformadora del comercio justo, que se basa en el movimiento del cooperativismo y que sostiene que los pequeños agricultores y trabajadores del Sur Global deben jugar un papel clave en la producción. En este libro los colaboradores hacen una reflexión crítica sobre los diversos problemas del comercio mundial, y, a su vez, examinan ideas fundamentales sobre cómo promover un comercio justo que logre hacer frente a la estructura económica mundial capitalista, colonialista, racista y patriarcal. Este análisis y esta discusión se realizan dentro de un marco de estudios críticos del desarrollo internacional y de la economía política. Sin embargo, este libro logrará atraer a un público más amplio, ya que aborda temas centrales de interés general.
The ultimate guide to manufacturing your clothing designs, from topstitch to bottom hem... Every clothing designer longs to make their mark on the world of fashion. Turning your design vision into a manufacturing reality, however, can be a daunting prospect. When it comes to launching a fashion line, production is one of the most challenging processes, and your success in the apparel business depends on learning every facet of it. Executive manufacturing consultant Adila Cokar draws on her extensive experience to show you how to prepare for production, plan effectively, lower your costs, avoid potential manufacturing problems, design sustainably and more. Fun, focused, and completely in-depth, Source My Garment is the ultimate step-by-step insider's guide for entrepreneurs and fashion start-ups to build a thriving, prosperous, and sustainable design business.
In a society that pushes conformity, how can you be courageously authentic despite fear of judgment? Award-winning leadership and diversity expert Ritu Bhasin gives you the tools to make this happen. This is more than a call to "be yourself"-it's a rally to disrupt the status quo, bring your differences to the light, and help others do the same.
Reduce your food and packaging waste and lower your carbon footprint with this modern, practical guide to sustainable grocery shopping. Almond milk, oat milk, rice milk—which of the countless nondairy milks available on the market does the least harm to the environment? How do you decode the language on an egg carton? Is it possible to keep a bundle of fresh asparagus from spoiling so. darn. fast? If plastic is so bad, why is it on everything, and what can you do about it? These are just some of the questions A Pocket Guide to Sustainable Food Shopping will help answer. Whether you’re someone who’s been making changes for years or you’re clueless about where to start when it comes to...
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 expressions of who we are. In her landmark investigation Overdressed: The Shockingly High Cost of Cheap Fashion, Elizabeth L. Cline first revealed fast fashion’s hidden toll on the environment, garment workers, and even our own satisfaction with our clothes. The Conscious Closet shows exactly what we can do about it. Whether your goal is to build an effortless capsule wardrobe, keep up with trends without harming the environment, buy better quality, seek ou...
'A gripping blockbuster... Thomas researches meticulously and writes with simmering even-handed anger' TELEGRAPH. 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 100 billion garments a year. Yet 98 percent of them do not earn a living wage, and 2.1 billion tonnes of clothing is thrown away annually. The clothing industry's exploitation of fellow humans and the environment has reached epic levels. What should we do? Bestselling author and veteran journalist Dana Thomas has travelled the globe to find the answers. In...
This book covers all sustainable fibres applicable in the fashion sector and discusses their importance in the context of sustainability. It is the first of its kind to address all the minute details pertaining to these fibres and to connect these fibres with the world of sustainable fashion. It stresses their importance in developing sustainable apparel, since fibres play a major role as the starting point in the life cycle of clothing.
In this "important book that could just save your life" (Michael Greger, MD, bestselling author of How Not to Die), Paul Shapiro gives you a front-row seat for the wild story of the race to create and commercialize cleaner, safer, sustainable meat--real meat--without the animals. From the entrepreneurial visionaries to the scientists' workshops to the big business board-rooms--he details that quest for clean meat and that's "poised to revolutionize the business of food and agriculture," (Jack Welch, former CEO of General Electric). Since the dawn of Homo sapiens some quarter million years ago, animals have satiated our species' desire for meat. But with a growing global popula-tion and deman...