Worn A People's History of Clothing by Sofi Thanhauser | 1.2 MB
English | 380 Pages

Title: Worn: A People's History of Clothing
Author: Sofi Thanhauser
Year: 2022

Description:
A sweeping and captivatingly told history of clothing and the stuff it is made of—an unparalleled deep-dive into how everyday garments have transformed our lives, our societies, and our planet "Thanhauser . examines the effect of clothes on our environment, politics and even our ethics . admirable, meticulously researched . [and] makes us pay attention." —The Wall Street Journal In this panoramic social history, Sofi Thanhauser brilliantly tells five stories—Linen, Cotton, Silk, Synthetics, Wool—about the clothes we wear and where they come from, illuminating our world in unexpected ways. She takes us from the opulent court of Louis Quatorze to the labor camps in modern-day Chinese-occupied Xinjiang. We see how textiles were once dyed with lichen, shells, bark, saffron, and beetles, displaying distinctive regional weaves and knits, and how the modern Western garment industry has...

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