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- An important exploration of animal exploitation in the fashion industry
- Examines an array of historical fashion images to argue the industry's global impact on animals and the environment
- Thoroughly researched and beautifully illustrated
An important exploration of animal exploitation in the fashion industry.
Description
This important book explores animal exploitation in the fashion industry. Drawing on a fascinating array of historical fashion images, the author argues that there is a hidden history of global impact on animals and the environment by the fashion world, from extinction to large-scale industrial confinement and killing.
The book helps to understand why we are so drawn to animal materials in fashion, and what can be done to bring about change.
This is a thoroughly researched and beautifully illustrated study that also celebrates emerging innovations that could replace the use of animals altogether in our clothing.
Author
Joshua Katcher is a fashion designer, activist, author and educator who has taught at Parsons The New School and LIM College, and has lectured internationally on sustainable and ethical fashion. Katcher started the first men's ethical lifestyle website, The Discerning Brute in 2008, then launched the first vegan, ethically-made menswear fashion brand, Brave GentleMan in 2010.
