The Dangers of Fashion: Towards Ethical and Sustainable Solutions

Abstract

The Dangers of Fashion: Towards Ethical and Sustainable Solutions provides an overview of past and current fashionrelated dangers. The editors, Sara B. Marcketti from Iowa State University and Elena E. Karpova from University of North Carolina at Greensboro, have developed and organized an informative and thought-provoking book. Though a wealth of scholarly and popular literature on most subjects found in this book exists, The Dangers of Fashion presents a new view. The book examines the breadth of individuals and communities who are touched and often harmed because of the fashion industry or its products. It covers fashion-production choices and their consequences ranging across the textile and apparel pipeline from fiber production to retailing, along with the consequences of fashion product consumption and the disposal of fashion products. The book contains four sections: “The Moral and Ethical Dangers in Fashion,” “The Dangers of Making Fashion,” “The Dangers of Consuming Fashion,” and “The Dangers of Caring for and Disposing of Fashion.” Each section includes three to five chapters that range from eleven to twenty-one pages including references. Because of the variety of subjects, the book offers great breadth but not depth. The targeted reader