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Labor and Creativity in New York's Global Fashion Industry

Labor and Creativity in New York's Global Fashion Industry

Labor and Creativity in New York's Global Fashion Industry

Labor and Creativity in New York's Global Fashion Industry

This book tells the story of fashion workers engaged in the labor of design and the material making of New York fashion.

Christina H. Moon offers an illuminating ethnography of the various sites and practices that make up fashion labor, in sample rooms, design studios, runways, factories, and design schools of the New York fashion world. By exploring the work practices, social worlds, and aspirations of fashion workers, this book offers a unique look at the meaning of labor and creativity in 21st-century global fashion.  View this publication.

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