Fashionopolis

An investigation into the damage wrought by the colossal clothing industry and the grassroots, high-tech, international movement fighting to reform itWhat should I wear? More than ever, we are told it should be something new. It's one of the fundamental questions we ask ourselves every day.

Historically, the apparel trade has exploited labor, the environment, and intellectual property--and in the last three decades, with the simultaneous unfurling of fast fashion, globalization, and the tech revolution, those abuses have multiplied exponentially, primarily out of view. Today, the clothing industry churns out 80 billion garments a year and employs every sixth person on Earth. We are in dire need of an entirely new human-scale model.

Bestselling journalist Dana Thomas has traveled the globe to discover the visionary designers and companies who are propelling the industry