Fashion Forward: Striving for Sustainable Style

by Raina Delisle

Overview

Fashion can be fun, but it can also hurt people, animals and the planet.

Fashion Forward: Striving for Sustainable Style goes behind the glitz and glamour to explore the social and environmental issues within the fashion industry. It looks at the history of fashion, from why humans started wearing clothes to the birth of consumerism to the explosion of fast fashion and fashion’s footprint. The book introduces readers to the innovative people, companies and organizations that are taking positive action on fashion. Kids will discover how to make ethical choices and become fashion heroes for the future. There are easy ways we can help transform the fashion industry and still look stylish at the same time!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781459825826
Publisher:	Orca Book Publishers
Publication date:	03/15/2022
Series:	Orca Footprints Series , #22
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	56
Lexile:	1110L (what's this?)
File size:	17 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range:	9 - 12 Years

About the Author

Raina Delisle is an award-winning writer whose work has been featured in Today’s Parent, Chatelaine, CBC and the Globe and Mail, among many other publications. She has worked in journalism and government communications, giving her a unique perspective on the media industry. Her first book, Fashion Forward: Striving for Sustainable Style, was published in 2022. Raina lives in Victoria, British Columbia.

Editorial Reviews

Encouraging...well organized…to help kickstart the journey to a conscious closet.

Booklist

A comprehensive overview...Despite its small size, this book contains a wealth of information and will help young consumers better understand the 4 R's of ethical fashion: research, repurpose, repair, rent! Highly Recommended.

School Library Connection

It is a book for everyone. Teachers can read it with students, parents can read it with their children, middle graders can read it with each other...Carefully captioned photographs are colorful and telling. Each section of the four chapters is highlighted to make for an easy return to what the reader finds enlightening and important.

Sal's Fiction Addiction

This book will inform and engage the middle school readers for whom it is written as well as younger and older readers looking for sustainable alternatives to fast fashion, and it will encourage all readers to make a difference by thinking critically before making clothing decisions. Highly Recommended.

CM: Canadian Review of Materials