How To Break Up With Fast Fashion, Lauren Bravo
How To Break Up With Fast Fashion, Lauren Bravo
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How To Break Up With Fast Fashion
A guilt-free guide to changing the way you shop – for good

Author: Lauren Bravo

Narrator: Lauren Bravo

Unabridged: 5 hr 33 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Headline Home

Published: 01/09/2020

Synopsis

You probably know the statistics: global clothing production has roughly doubled in just 15 years, and every year an estimated 300,000 tonnes of used clothing ends up in UK landfill.

Fast fashion is the ultimate toxic relationship. It's bad news for the planet, our brains and our bank balances. We can't go on like this; our shopping habits need an overhaul.

Journalist Lauren Bravo loves clothes more than anything, but she's called time on her affair with fast fashion in search of a slower, saner way of dressing. In this book, she'll help you do the same.

How To Break Up With Fast Fashion will help you to change your mindset, fall back in love with your wardrobe and embrace more sustainable ways of shopping - from the clothes swap to the charity shop. Full of refreshing honesty and realistic advice, Lauren will inspire you to repair, recycle and give your unloved items a new lease of life without sacrificing your style.

Because fashion belongs to everyone, but no outfit should cost us the earth.

(P)2020 Headline Publishing Group Ltd

About Lauren Bravo

Lauren Bravo is a freelance journalist who writes about fashion, popular culture, food, travel and feminism, for places like Grazia, Refinery29 UK, Cosmopolitan, Stylist, easyJet Traveller, Time Out,Delicious, the Telegraph and the Guardian. She was The Pool's 'Wardrobe Stories' columnist. Her first book, What Would The Spice Girls Do? was published by Transworld in 2018. In 2019, Lauren went on a year-long fast fashion ban. She volunteers in a charity shop once a week (partly to get first dibs on all the best clothes). Lauren has written about fashion since 2009, and about changing the way that we shop since 2016. She is on Twitter and Instagram as @laurenbravo.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Victoria on October 29, 2019

Sustainable fashion is something I’ve long been interested in and blogged about, so I was looking forward to reading this. Lauren writes this in a really down to earth and relatable way which is something that can be lacking in the ethical space at times. She doesn’t preach, she doesn’t give unattain......more

Goodreads review by Annaliese on January 23, 2020

Starting 2020 off a bit slow on the reads but this book was one that I was on the edge of my seat waiting for the release date. Devoured within a few hours, this book covers the tips, tricks and consequences of fast fashion - in a consumer friendly and well written way. This is a great way of dippin......more

Goodreads review by Poppy on January 23, 2020

This is an absolute gem from Lauren Bravo. She writes in a way that is informative without being patronising and is funny throughout - there were several occassions when I had to pause my reading to quote a line to whoever was sat by me. The book is well researched and calls upon several contributor......more

Goodreads review by Evelyn on August 24, 2020

Really great book on fast fashion and it’s alternatives. I’m trying to change my shopping and consumption habits and this has been a great resource, Lauren Bravo has artfully mixed cold hard facts with wry wit and charm, She’s encouraging without being preachy and provided genuinely useful tips for......more

Goodreads review by Paige on May 16, 2021

I didn't purposefully pick up this book as I dont buy much fast fashion anyways but I flicked through it at the library and fell in love with Laurens style of writing. It's one of the few books that I literally laughed out loud as she is fantastic at appealing to the general public and being very re......more

Quotes

Offers honest and realistic advice . . . Bravo will inspire you to repair, recycle and give old items a new lease of life, all without sacrificing your style, and the planet Stylist Magazine

One of my most anticipated books of 2020 . . .as well as being full of brilliant advice, it's an honest, compassionate celebration of style and creativity. This what to read if you love clothes, women and the planet and you want to be inspired to do right by all of them. Daisy Buchanan

As someone who has been trying to consciously change her shopping habits for years, this book made me realise that in a lot of ways I've been missing the point. However, it never talks down to you, or puts you on any more of guilt trip than most of us are all already on. It's just the facts, pure and simple, with a really clear guide on how we can do better and a relatable narrator to remind you that we're all human. For anyone wanting to change up their fashion ways, this book is invaluable. Katherine Ormerod

Lauren is an important voice. A fashion lover, committed to reducing landfill and fashion's impact on the environment, she makes her clothes last longer and her purchases count. In this fun and enjoyable read, she encourages us all to see a future full of exciting styled looks no matter what our budget. Caryn Franklin

A funny, achievable guide to reducing our fabric footprint, and covers swapping, mending, washing less and, most importantly, resisting the urge to shop. Observer Magazine

Lauren Bravo shares her style secrets, from secondhand shopping to a good-luck dress Telegraph

brilliant tips Who What Wear

A guilt-free guide that will change the way you think about clothing for the better. It will inspire you to repair, recycle, and spruce up old items, as well as embrace more sustainable habits when it comes to shopping. Independent

How To Break Up With Fast Fashion offers realistic advice on repairing and recycling your wardrobe, encouraging readers to embrace more sustainable ways of shopping. Country & Town House

For a more accessible read, I'd recommend Lauren Bravo's How to Break Up with Fast Fashion. Venetia La Manna, Marie Claire

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