Synopses & Reviews
'In the business of making and selling clothes, \'Made in\' labels do precious little to convey the constellation of treaties, countries, and people at work in the assembly of a simple pair of jeans. In Fugitive Denimjournalist Rachel Louise Snyder reports from the far reaches of this multi-billion-dollar industry in search of the real people who make your clothes. From a cotton picker in Azerbaijan to a Cambodian seamstress, a denim maker in Italy to a fashion designer in New York, Snyder captures the human, environmental, and political forces at work in a dizzyingly complex and often absurd world. In a disarming and humorous voice, she ponders questions of equity, sweatshops, and corporate social responsibility through narratives of individual people, making an often academic subject accessible and compelling. Neither polemic nor prescription, Fugitive Denimcaptures what it means to be at work in the world in the twenty-first century.'
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"Contains a number of surprises about the most ubiquitous of clothes. . . . Ultimately Snyder gets readers to think about the real costs of clothing, and it's likely they won't look at $30 or $200 jeans the same way again." Kathryn Masterson
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"A thoughtful, ultimately hopeful look at how our choices about something as mundane as jeans can alter the lives of people 10,000 miles away." Fast Company
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Rachel Louise Snyder reports from the far reaches of the multi-billion-dollar denim industry in search of the people who make your clothes. From a cotton picker in Azerbaijan to a Cambodian seamstress, a denim maker in Italy to a fashion designer in New York, Snyder captures the human, environmental, and political forces at work in a complex and often absurd world. Neither polemic nor prescription, captures what it means to work in the twenty-first century.
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"A fascinating chronicle of the $55-billion-a-year global denim industry." --David Futrelle,
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'A fascinating chronicle of the $55-billion-a-year global denim industry.' '"David Futrelle, Los Angeles TimesRachel Louise Snyder reports from the far reaches of the multi-billion-dollar denim industry in search of the people who make your clothes. From a cotton picker in Azerbaijan to a Cambodian seamstress, a denim maker in Italy to a fashion designer in New York, Snyder captures the human, environmental, and political forces at work in a complex and often absurd world. Neither polemic nor prescription,
Fugitive Denimcaptures what it means to work in the twenty-first century.
About the Author
Rachel Louise Snyder's work has appeared in the New York Times Magazine, Slate, and the New Republic, and on public radio's "This American Life" and "Marketplace." She lives in Cambodia and in Chicago, Illinois.