14 books about sustainable and ethical fashion you should read
The fashion journalist Dana Thomas (2019) go through the social and environmental issues of fast fashion and calls for us to rethink and change. Stories from Bangladesh, global pollution rates but also the urge for Slow Fashion, are all in this book.
Just as the title says you will get to know cotton before it was capitalised and the dark history of slavery and industrialism. Beckert (2014) presents the constant struggles between merchants and statements, farmers and merchants and explains how it all is connected to today’s vast distribution of wealth and high inequalities.
What is cheap fashion doing to us and why do we behave the way we do? These questions are adressed in Cline’s (2013) book both from a culture, environmental and society perpsective.
After adressing the problem of fast fashion, Cline (2019) is now offering her best guide on how to create a conscious closet instead. Of course the problem is still there but it’s really more about how we can start to appreciate and love clothes for real.
Written by the founder of People Tree, Safia Minney (2012), this book is about the stories of change taking place. Emma Watson share her thoughts on fair fashion and Vivenne Westwood about high fashion taking the planet into concern.
This books does not only talk about the social and environmental aspects of fashion but also the exploitation of women and our body ideals. By Hoskins 2014.
Safia Minney (2016) gives us a glimpse of sustainable design and eco-lifestyle! Pioneering stores are shared and causes making a difference.
The book that helps you to navigate between fashion and ethics for a better closet by Eagan (2014).
This book is about the whole fashion ecosystem, it's history, legends and influencers in relation to our clothing culture today. Time for fashion revolution says Press (2018).
This book is about how Green can be the new Black by presenting changes for both producers and consumers. Good news for fashion lovers, Siegle (2011), believes its absolutely possible to be an ethical fashionista.
Globalisation and all the social and environmental dilemmas that comes with it. This book by Korn (2013) shows how one item connects it all.
In Swedish
Kerstin Neumuller (2018) shows us how to mend and sew our own clothes. For beginners and devoted slow fashion lovers.
Johanna Nillson (now Leymann) and Jennie Johansson tells us in an honest way about the unsustainable consumption and usage of clothes we have in Sweden, why it is a major problem and what you can do to create a more sustainable closet.
What is the connection of major fast fashion brands like H&M and cheap labor and slavery in countries like Bangladesh? Who has the power and who takes what? The journalists Moa Kärnstand and Tobias Andersson are meeting textile workers who shares stories that makes you want to turn your back on fast fashion for good.