ABSTRACT
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 into 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 into the meaning of labor and creativity in 21st century global fashion.
This book will be of interest to scholars in design studies, fashion history, and fashion labor.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 1|28 pages
Shoddy Seams
The Decline of the New York Garment Industry and Its Transformation Into New York Fashion
chapter 2|40 pages
Back of House/Front of House
Creative Skills and “Effortless” Labor Among Samplemakers and Fashion Workers
chapter 3|30 pages
The Deskilling of Design
Technology, Education, and the Routinization of Fashion's Engineers
chapter 4|39 pages
Designing Diaspora
The Racialization of Labor, the Rebranding of Korea, and the Movement of Fashion Designers Between Seoul and New York
chapter 5|39 pages
Fast-Fashion Families
Family Ties and Fast-Fashion Production in the Los Angeles Jobber Market
