Fixing Fashion

Rethinking the Way We Make, Market and Buy Our Clothes

Michael Lavergne

• Editorial: New Society Publishers
• Año: 2015
• ISBN:
  9781550925951
• Categoría: Betriebswirtschaft
• Categoría: Mode- & Textilindustrie

• The only book to present an industry insider's first-hand account of the human cost arising from the competitive race to translate high-end fashion for mass markets at the lowest possible prices
  
• The author worked for 18 years as a senior executive with decision-making responsibility at international brands and retailers in Asia, Latin America, the Middle East, Africa and North America
  
• The author has a unique understanding and insight into business models and supply chains, and how purchasing decision are made
  
• This book explains how horrific accidents such as Rana Plaza and other human rights abuses can continue to happen in today's garment industry
  
• Calls for collective consumer, business and civil society actions to rethink the way we make, market and buy our clothes in this US$500 billion a year industry
  
• Highlights the best of a new breed of entrepreneurs and stakeholders who are lobbying for change across the international supply chains
  International market: HONG KONG EXPAT COMMUNITY author SPENT NEAR SIX YEARS THERE- SPECIFICALLY MENTIONs AUSTRALIAN BOOKSTORE CHAIN 'DYMOCKS', WELL PLACED IN KEY ASIAN EXPAT CENTRES LIKE HONG KONG, SINGAPORE, THAILAND.

Índice

• Cover Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication
• Contents
• Foreword
• Introduction
• Chapter 1 - Manchester to Mumbai
• Chapter 2 - To Make and Market
• Chapter 3 - Alphabet Soup
• Chapter 4 - Unsustainable
• Chapter 5 - Aid for Trade
• Chapter 6 - Redefining Fashion
• Notes
• Acknowledgments
• Index
• About the Author