#fashionopolis

[sleepnoises]

i am going to a wedding next weekend where instead of a conventional registry they want an inscribed copy of one's favorite book. what should i get them. one half of the couple got into and left an education phd and the other is doing some kind of robotics phd. there are no constraints besides "favorite"

these results are not binding

[poppletonink]

Cher Horowitz Reads

Emma by Jane Austen

Cher's Guide To... Whatever by H.B. Gilmour

Hamlet by William Shakespeare

Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay

Better Than The Movies by Lynn Painter

What A Time To Be Alone by Chidera Eggerue

Valley Of The Dolls by Jacqueline Susann

Confessions of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella

Fashionopolis by Dana Thomas

I Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuiston

Bridget Jones's Diary by Helen Fielding

Overdressed by Elizabeth L. Cline

Paradise Kiss by Ai Yazawa

[pizzettauniversale]

Ciao pizzetta, mi consigli libri sul fast fashion per chi ha già una sufficiente conoscenza dell’argomento e non deve proprio partire dalle basi?

Non so, dipende che cosa vuoi sapere. Più che libri ci sono un sacco di articoli interessanti.

C’è Il lato oscuro della moda. Viaggio negli abusi ambientali (e non solo) del fast fashion di Maxine Bedat

Il famosissimo, ma un po’ vecchio Fashionopolis. The price of fast fashion & The Future of Clothes di Dana Thomas

The world in on fire but we’re still buying shoes di Alec Leach

[azspot]

Longtime style reporter Dana Thomas’s book, Fashionopolis, is an indictment of the true costs of fashion—like poisoned water, crushed workers, and overflowing landfills—that never make it onto the price tag of a dress or pair of jeans. Between 2000 and 2014, the annual number of garments produced doubled to 100 billion: 14 new garments per person per year for every person on the planet. The average garment is only worn seven times before being tossed—assuming it’s not one of the 20 billion clothing items that go unsold and unworn. It’s no surprise, then, that the fashion industry accounts for at least 10 percent of global carbon emissions and 20 percent of all industrial water pollution. Though the industry employs one out of every six people globally, fewer than two percent of them earn a living wage—more than 98 percent of workers are not only underpaid, they also toil in unsafe, unsanitary conditions. But change is underfoot: retailers are shifting their supply models, circular and slow fashion are on the rise, and new technology is making the manufacture of new and recycled fabrics cleaner.

Dying for Fashion

[drivelikeaminister]

Living My Faith

Guest post ahead!

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How do we get our day to day actions to more closely align with our goals and ideals? This is a question I have asked myself and I'm sure many others have as well. There are some of us who are ready to make drastic changes. But I find lots of time life happens and change requires planning ahead and more “work.” If the change is small and straightforward it has a higher chance of adoption.

“Respect for the interdependent web of all existence of which we are a part,” is a great concept, but as an idea alone there will be no change. To live my beliefs I am taking action outside of my day job, with a project called Napkind. Limiting single use plastics was my goal, but I struggled with disposal utensils. There was no easy option. But I didn't like the current options for traveling with my own silverware; they were too bulky, too hard to clean, or wasteful and made out of plastic. I ended up designing my own utensils pouch incorporating a napkin made out of upcycled fabric - and Napkind was born. The upcycled fabric was also a conscious decision. The shocking statistic is that the average garment gets worn seven times before it gets thrown out (from Fashionopolis).

With this small concrete step, others can be empowered to make changes well. Hopefully “How can I?” becomes “I can.”

Contact information for Napkind: the.napkind@gmail.com www.napkind.org @the_napkind on Instagram

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Thanks #napkind! If you (the reader) have an idea for a post, a product you produce or buy... anything which helps you live your faith and values - let me know! I'm always open for guest posts or collaborative posts.

[letloverule1111]

Tag someone you want to get to know better.

Thanks for tagging me @myheartalivewrites ! ❤️

favorite color: In general choosing favorites feels very constricting to me! However, I love white, red, and pink. I used to hate purple which is fucking weird. Thank god I'm over that. Love purple.

last song: Bittersweet Symphony by The Verve. A go to lift-me-up.

last movie: I am currently re-watching all the Marvel films...I last watched The Avengers, Age of Ultron and am currently watching Ant-Man. The last film in the theater I watched was the Taylor Swift film of the Eras concert.

currently watching: Movie--Ant-Man. TV: just finished Loki. Started the second season of Heartstopper and for some reason I cannot get through it! Help! Started re-watching Sex Education. And always go back to Schitt's Creek, Community, and Parks and Rec...

other stuff I watched this year: Bridgerton, Mission Impossible, The Witcher, Never Have I Ever, Derry Girls, Young Royals...that's all I can think of right now!

shows I dropped this year/didn't finish: Cannot get through season 2 of Heartstopper...sigh.

currently reading: My fiction is pretty much all fanfic right now. But nonfiction I'm reading is Fashionopolis by Dana Thomas, The Creation of Patriarchy by Gerda Lerner, and Pussy, a Reclamation by Regina Thomashauer (this is actually a re-read!)

currently listening to: I feel that a well crafted pop song is something that is highly underrated and hard to do well. Just saying. I am loving my Day List from Spotify in general. I think Olivia Rodrigo's new album is seriously genius and I don't say that lightly. I always love Taylor Swift. But also I have a rotation of things like Squeeze, Radiohead, and Fleetwood Mac! I'm ecclectic.

currently working on: Okay. @historicallysam knows that I secretly want to write a fic. I have three fics that I've started and it is unclear if I will ever finish them because I feel like I don't really know how to write a story. But I'm having fun!

One is a Henry in the Stripperverse story because I am in love with that au. In it, the strip club that Henry worked at (that's super cheesy) gets closed down and he gets hired by Zahra at the strip club that Alex works at (that's super fancy) and Alex is pissed because he's the star of that club...plus Liam just dumped him and Alex is feeling insecure. It's a whole thing.

Another is Alex and Henry dated in college but Henry dumped Alex and left NYC and Alex was devastated. Years later he's working at the ACLU and his boss introduces him to his new partner on a case--Henry. Alex is in another relationship, in love, and considering moving in with him but obviously Henry showing up throws a big ole wrench into that..

Lastly, a one-shot where Alex is a Thai Massage Therapist and Henry is a new client that's come in with a groin injury. Yup. ;)

That was fun to share those here because this may be the extent to which they are ever shown to the world!

current obsession: RWRB (swooning, clutching my heart, throwing myself onto my bed while sighing.)

Tagging @historicallysam AND if you're reading this and feel inspired to answer, please tag me and let me know!

[secretairwithinagarden]

Slow fashion

No whole sales, production made to order, locally grown raw material, local work force.

Community and sustainability at its core.

Online stores, festivals that celebrate the local culture, production,arts and food.

Not only a garment is sold, a life style comes along with it.

"I think the people that are going to be successful in the US today are those who are completely vertical _ who offer an entire culture and vision". Billy Reid

Interesting fact : military uniforms have to be made in the US - federal laws forbid offshoring of such work.

Main centres of slow fashion : Florence and Nashville

Notes based on Fashionopolis by the amazing Dana Thomas.

[curiositydotcom]

Curiosity Daily Podcast: 3D Printed Fashion (w/ Dana Thomas), Difference Between THC and CBD, Quiet Smart People

Learn about how 3D printing could shape the future of fashion, from best-selling author Dana Thomas. You’ll also learn about the difference between THC and CBD when it comes to cannabis; and, why the smartest people in the room are often the quietest.

In this podcast, Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer discuss the following story from Curiosity.com about the difference between THC and CBD when it comes to cannabis: https://curiosity.im/2Lwa0jH

Additional resources from Dana Thomas:

“Fashionopolis: The Price of Fast Fashion and the Future of Clothes” on Amazon — https://amzn.to/2O2hqMX

Official website — http://www.danathomas.com/

Follow @DanaThomasParis on Twitter — https://twitter.com/danathomasparis 

Unmade — https://www.unmade.com/ 

Download the FREE 5-star Curiosity app for Android and iOS at https://curiosity.im/podcast-app. And Amazon smart speaker users: you can listen to our podcast as part of your Amazon Alexa Flash Briefing — just click “enable” here: https://curiosity.im/podcast-flash-briefing. 

via https://omny.fm/shows/curiosity-podcast/3d-printed-fashion-dana-thomas-difference-between-thc-and-cbd-quiet-smart-people

[dopeskeletonspyzine]

I know no one reads my posts but I'm reading Fashionopolis for my Sustainability in Fashion class and chapter 4 and 5, oh man, it finally made me believe that fashion can be ethical and I haven't felt this happy or excited in a while. In my head I was like "itspossibleitspossibleitspossible" and knowing it's not a pipe dream and that other people have done it already, that's enough for me to sprint towards my dream of having my own ethical and sustainable brand and I'm not looking back

[zeromcornejo]

Maria is chatting with friend and author @danathomasparis on IG Live today! Tune in at 1pm ET / 10am PT. #fashionopolis #zeromariacornejo https://www.instagram.com/p/B_m-MOIjOTA/?igshid=xcud65iylrcy

[sleepnoises]

one of you all recommended i read Worn: A People's History of Clothing back in like may btw. i liked it! wildly depressing! i still liked Fashionopolis: The Price of Fast Fashion more but hope to get thru the rest of my textile history books so I don't have to pit two bad bitches against each other (will instead pit more than 2 against each other)

[camerondecades]

⁣ Join me Saturday night on IG Live at 6 pm EST for #𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐂𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐧 and twenty questions with my debut guest, @matthew_yokobosky, Senior Curator, Fashion and Material Culture of @brooklynmuseum. ⁣ ⁣ In an effort to inspire, entertain, and educate, my Instagram Live schedule is:⁣ ⁣ All Times 6 pm EST⁣ ⁣ Monday, March 30th #𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐊𝐢𝐛𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐳 with @rachel.elspeth.gross ⁣ Wednesday, April 1st #𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐂𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐧 and twenty questions with costume jewelry expert Carlos King of @gallery24jewelry ⁣ Thursday, April 2nd #𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐊𝐢𝐛𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐳 with @rachel.elspeth.gross ⁣ Saturday, April 4th #𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐂𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐧 and twenty questions with fashion journalist and #Fashionopolis author @danathomasparis. ⁣ If you have any ideas for fashion history subjects on #CoutureKibbitz or creative guests to answer twenty questions on #CandidCameron, please share. ⁣ ⁣ During these extremely fraught times, community had never been more important. However, as we self-distance, we must create a virtual community so please tag your creative friends and art lovers. I’d love to connect about my particular loves of fashion and performing arts. ⁣ ⁣ We are together while we are apart.⁣ ⁣ Love,⁣ ⁣ Cameron ⁣ ⁣ ⁣ ⁣ ⁣ ⁣ ⁣ ⁣ ⁣ ⁣ #StayHome #IStayHomeForYou #Fashion #FashionHistory #CostumeJewelry #SustainableFashion #PerformingArts #LiveTheatre⁣ @decadesinc (at West Chester, Pennsylvania) https://www.instagram.com/p/B-PlDDsB_bB/?igshid=t4zwzckta3z0

[roseapodaca]

With the #ClimateStrike within eyeshot, a surprise has arrived…my dear colleague in #journalism + gal in rosé-fueled adventures @DanaThomasParis’ latest: #Fashionopolis: The Price of Fast Fashion and the Future of Clothes. For the love of life and planet, READ THIS NOW. I got a peek last summer while she was on a mad deadline to finish it—and Andy, #NinaNoo and I invaded the glorious spread outside St. Tropez that she and her wonderful husband Hervé brought back to life, from vegetable garden to vintage 1968 gold Mustang. Looking forward to reading Fashionopolis again and again. What she painstakingly reports on within this book matters. And if you haven’t read Dana’s 2007 mindblowing prequel of sorts, #Deluxe: How Luxury Lost Its Luster, do. Dana loves fashion. But she also reveals the dark side to our collective passion for it. Let’s try to do better. 🌎 #DanaThomas #talentedfriends #climatecrisis #therevolutionbeginswithyou #fashion #fashionbook #fastfashionsucks #recyclereusereduce #lavieenrose https://www.instagram.com/p/B2hf-2nJlbz/?igshid=82xgc741xs7e

[chadsuke]

Books Read in 2020:

Are We Good Enough? by Pyotr Kropotkin

Claudine by Riyoko Ikeda

Sabotage by Elizabeth Gurley Flynn

Fashionopolis: The Price of Fast Fashion and the Future of Clothes by Dana Thomas

My Androgynous Boyfriend Vol. 1 by Tamekou

My Lesbian Experience With Loneliness by Nagata Kabi

My Solo Exchange Diary Vol. 1 by Nagata Kabi

Nameless Asterism Vol. 1 by Kina Kobayashi

Nameless Asterism Vol. 2 by Kina Kobayashi

Nameless Asterism Vol. 3 by Kina Kobayashi

[Image Description: A photoset of the covers of the aforementioned books, except for the first one. End image description.]

[cleverwordsandotherstuffilike]

More than 60 percent of fabric fibers are now synthetics, derived from fossil fuels, so if and when our clothing ends up in a landfill (about 85 percent of textile waste in the United States goes to landfills or is incinerated), it will not decay.

[pizzettauniversale]

Ciao Auri, mi consigli dei libri in tema moda sulla sostenibilità?

Allora:

La rivoluzione comincia dal tuo armadio di Ciuni e Spadafora

Fashionopolis: The Price of Fast Fashion and the Future of Clothes di Dana Thomas (non credo ci sia tradotto in italiano, ma se mastichi un po’ di inglese non è così difficile da leggere)

I vestiti che ami durano a lungo di Orsola de Castro

Siete pazzi a indossarlo. Perchè la moda a basso costo avvelena noi e il pianeta di Elizabeth L. Cline

Poi se vuoi potresti anche leggere libri che riguardano i tessuti che vanno di pari passo con la sostenibilità