Overdressed has been translated into six languages and has helped to galvanize a global ethical fashion movement, inspired countless ethical fashion brands and startups and is included in the curriculum at universities and high schools around the U.S. She has shared her research from Overdressed on many prestigious radio and television programs, including Fresh Air With Terry Gross, NPR’s On Point and All Things Considers, NBC Nightly News, BBC The World, WNYC’s The Brian Lehrer Show, and The New York Times Video, among many others. journalists to cover the fashion industry in Bangladesh, before the 2013 Rana Plaza disaster claimed the lives of 1,130 garment workers. The critically acclaimed title has been hailed hailed by BusinessWeek as “the fashion world’s answer to… The Omnivore’s Dilemma,” declared a “sharp wake-up call” by Publishers Weekly and earned Cline comparisons as the “Michael Pollan of fashion” ( Newsweek‘s Michelle Goldberg).Ĭline was among the first U.S. Years before the rest of the world woke up to the impacts of fashion, Cline was reporting on the subject. The book that ignited a global conscious fashion revolution! Released by Penguin Portfolio in 2012 (paperback in 2013), Overdressed is a landmark investigation into the rise of fast, disposable fashion and its hidden toll on the environment, human rights, and consumer behavior - the first of its kind. What are we doing with all these clothes? And more important, what are they doing to us, our society, our environment, even our souls? Cline sets out to uncover the true nature of the cheap fashion juggernaut. In her debut book, Overdressed: The Shockingly High Cost of Cheap Fashion, journalist and former cheap fashion addict Elizabeth L. And we have little reason to keep wearing much less repairing the clothes we already own when styles change so fast and it’s cheaper to just buy more. It's driving up our pace of consumption and turning fashion into one of the most environmentally destructive industries on Earth. And stores ranging from fast fashion chains like H&M and Forever 21 and discounters like Target to traditional companies like Gap and Macy's offer the newest trends at unprecedentedly low prices.
Once crafted in domestic factories, 98% of our clothing is now made abroad. The way Americans dress has fundamentally changed in recent years. “Cline is the Michael Pollan of fashion…Hysterical levels of sartorial consumption are terrible for the environment, for workers, and even, ironically, for the way we look.” -Michelle Goldberg, Newsweek/The Daily Beast “Overdressed does for t-shirts and leggings what Fast Food Nation did for burgers and fries.” –Katha Pollitt, The Nation
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