Fashionopolis (Young Readers Edition): The Secrets Behind the Clothes We Wear

A look at fast fashion and its impact on the environment and social justice, perfect for middle grade classrooms

Did you ever think about where your jeans come from? How about the people who made your T-shirt, or what happens to the clothes you grow out of when you're done wearing them? The fabrics clothes are made of, the way they are designed and sewn and shipped around the world, and the way we consume them and get rid of them--every step in this process has a big impact on our environment, on the people who work in clothing factories, and on our cultures. This nonfiction book shows us how the clothes we wear--and throw away--every day are made, and what that means for our planet and for people around the world.

Author: Dana Thomas
Publisher: Dial Books
Published: 02/15/2022
Pages: 208
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.35h x 5.67w x 0.94d
ISBN: 9780593325018
Audience: Ages 9-12

Review Citation(s):
Booklist 12/01/2021 pg. 36

About the Author
Dana Thomas is the author of Fashionopolis: The Price of Fast Fashion and the Future of Clothes, Gods and Kings: The Rise and Fall of Alexander McQueen and John Galliano, and the New York Times best seller Deluxe: How Luxury Lost Its Luster. Thomas began her career writing for the Style section of the Washington Post, and for fifteen years she served as a cultural and fashion correspondent for Newsweek in Paris. She is currently editor-at-large for Vogue Business, and a regular contributor to the New York Times Style section. She has written for the New York Times Magazine, the New Yorker, the Wall Street Journal, the Financial Times, Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, T: The New York Times Style Magazine, and Architectural Digest. In 2016, the French minister of culture named Thomas a Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters, and in 2017, she was a Logan Nonfiction Fellow at the Carey Institute for Global Good. She lives in Paris.