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(More customer reviews)This book truly opened my eyes to the ways fashion touches all of our lives, from the accelerating pace of trends to the dangerous spread of chain stores that the author calls McFashion to the ridiculous physical harm we do to our bodies just to be fashionable. In one example, a doctor quoted in the book talks about how a woman's toe almost had to be amputated because she wore tight high heels too much. Talk about a fashion victim!
I seriously never thought about fashion in this way before. An impressive work of reporting, the book is filled with interesting statistics and facts like how 27 percent of women would give up three years to be thinner.
Lee's punchy tone is a real treat and makes the reading that much more enjoyable. And she does a good job of including examples that aren't just aimed at people of one particular age, gender or economic range, opening up the audience to include pretty much anyone. I'd give it a strong A minus.
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