Description: "In a world grappling with the need to shift away from fast fashion's wasteful practices, this thought-provoking exploration shows how slow-growth 'solidarity ateliers' can challenge the widely accepted notions of both 'fashion' and 'social integration'."-- Page 4 of cover.
Brief description: Alessandra Lopez y Royo (aka Alex Bruni) is a former university Reader with a PhD in Art History and Archaeology from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS, ) University of London. An activist committed to a diverse, inclusive and sustainable fashion, Alessandra has blogged and written for magazines and journals, and occasionally models. She is the author of Contemporary Indonesian Fashion: Through the Looking Glass (2019), the only English-language in-depth analysis of the fashion system in Indonesia, also published in this Bloomsbury series.
Review Quotes:
"As a disruptor and activist, Lopez y Royo encourages us to educate ourselves and find solutions to re-imagine the intersections between fashion, culture, migrant diaspora and future ways to grow a more just and long-lived fashion industry." --Clio Padovani, University of Southampton, UK
"Provides thought-provoking insight into existing businesses and initiatives that are fostering change and committing to integrity, compassion and honesty for fellow humans and the environment." --Fashion Capital "The book takes readers on an eye-opening journey to discover the community-driven 'solidarity ateliers' in both the Global North and South ... This thought-provoking book offers a fresh perspective on how slow fashion can drive both social change and sustainability." --Fashion Roundtable