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care2.com 27 Jul '12, 11pm

Cheap Clothing Costs A Lot More Than You Think:

Considering buying those cute 2 for $25 jeans from Old Navy, or those fabulous new pumps at DSW for the steal price of just $15? Think again. Cheap goods equal a not so cheap global footprint . Even though you’re probably not thinking so rationally while being bombarded with club-thumping music and eye-catching merchandize, try and restrain yourself; the planet will thank you. A new book by Elizabeth Cline entitled “Overdressed: The Shockingly High Cost of Cheap Fashion ” critiques the mindless, shopaholic culture permeating modern day society and takes the reader on an eye-opening journey behind the name brands and store shelves and into the depths of the economics, resources and labor required to make your clothes. Cline explains that the clothing industry is able to maintain such incredibly low prices due to sheer volume of production. In order to further cut costs , cl...

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