Tansy E. Hoskins Books

From the author of STITCHED UP: 'Makes a strong case for nothing less than a revolution' Emma Watson 'A superb primer on everything that is wrong with our world - and how we can start to change it' NEW INTERNATIONALIST DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOUR SHOES COME FROM? DO YOU KNOW WHERE THEY GO WHEN YOU'RE DONE WITH THEM? In 2018, 66.3 million pairs of shoes were manufactured across the world every single day. They have never been cheaper to buy, and we have never been more convinced that we need to buy them. Yet their cost to the planet has never been greater. In this urgent, passionately argued book, Tansy E. Hoskins opens our eyes to the dark origins of the shoes on our feet. Taking us deep into the heart of an industry that is exploiting workers and deceiving consumers, we begin to understand that if we don't act fast, this humble household object will take us to the point of no return.

The award-winning classic on why we must revolutionise the fashion industry

Stitched Up delves into the exclusive and alluring world of fashion, to expose class division, gender stereotyping and wasteful consumption. Tansy Hoskins illuminates the political and sociological dimensions of an industry which promotes and supports the dominant values of our age: image, glamour, money and sex. Hoskins also provides a fascinating historical narrative, showing that the clothes we wear are as indicative of who we are as they were during the reign of Louis XIV. She tackles key contemporary issues, such as the controversy over 'size zero' and the impact of fashion in depleting the world's natural resources. In a provocative move, Stitched Up argues that fashion controls our aspirations and self worth through a set of impossible beauty standards. At a time when high spending on clothes persists despite economic recession, Stitched Up provides a unique critical examination of fashion in relation to contemporary culture and the distorting priorities of capitalism.

Mode macht Spaß. Mode verleiht Macht. Mode ist das Lieblingskind des Kapitalismus. Mode ist ebenso großartig und spannend, wie das System dahinter schmutzig und zerstörerisch ist. Die britische Journalistin Tansy Hoskins leuchtet das Geschäft mit der Mode in seinen dunklen Ecken aus. Von Haute Couture bis H& M, von Karl Marx bis Karl Lagerfeld erzählt sie über die Entstehung des Phänomens Massenmode, über Körper und Kapitalismus, Werbung und Widerstand. Erfrischend und nie belehrend kritisiert Tansy Hoskins, was Mode mit uns Konsumenten macht: Junge Leute, die über Nacht vor den Nike-Shops Schlange stehen, um das neueste Paar Turnschuhe zu ergattern. Frauen, die hungern für »size zero«. Ist Mode rassistisch, oder warum ist sie eigentlich immer noch ein »weißes« Geschäft? Und was tun gegen das schwarze Loch des Wollens, das nie verschwindet, egal, wie viel man shoppen geht. Schritt für Schritt entwirrt dieses Buch die Fäden, aus denen das Business gestrickt ist, und es zeigt Wege in eine andere Richtung auf, für faire Produktion, Umweltschutz oder die Emanzipation von gefährlichen Schönheitsidealen. Tansy Hoskins will die Mode revolutionieren, gerade weil sie Mode liebt!