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Cheap fashion has fundamentally changed the way most Americans dress. When she found herself lugging home seven pairs of identical canvas flats from Kmart, she realized that something was deeply wrong. One womans voyage of discovery from a closet crammed with flimsy and ridiculously cheap garments, to investigating the ruinous phenomena of fast fashion. Overdressed: The Shockingly High Cost of Cheap Fashion (MP3 CD) ISBN-10: 166528174X Publisher: Tantor Audio Publication Date: December 27th, 2016 Language. She was buying a new item of clothing almost every week, the national average is sixty four per year, but all she had to show for it was a closet and countless storage bins packed full of low quality fads she barely wore, including the same sailor stripe tops and fleece hoodies as a million other shoppers. That’s enough to afford not a new dress or suit twice a year, but dozens of increasingly flimsy garments. Many clothing donations end up in an unexpected place African landfills. Maxx, and cheap but trendy retailers like Forever 21, Target, and H & M. In 2019, American families spent on average about 2 of their income on clothing. She had grown accustomed to shopping at outlet malls, discount stores like T.J. Until recently, she was a typical American consumer. Summary: The work evaluates the costs of low priced clothing while tracing the author's own transformation to a conscientious shopper, a journey during which she visited a garment factory, learned to resole shoes, and shopped for local, sustainable clothing.
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