The Anti-Capitalist Book of Fashion

'The award-winning classic on why we must revolutionise the fashion industry'

A staple of contemporary fashion literature' - Austrian Fashion Association

'The Best Fashion Books Of All Time' - Vogue Australia, '20 essential fashion books you need on your bookshelf'

'A masterclass in unpicking the threads of injustice, exploitation and oppression woven into our clothing' - Asad Rehman, Chief Executive of Friends of the Earth

'A controlled demolition, [Hoskins] uses facts and footnotes to strip away the apparel trade’s decorative exterior and then dynamites the foundations' - Monthly Review

Fashion is political. From the red carpets of the Met Gala to online fast fashion, clothes tell a story of inequality, racism and climate crisis. The Anti-Capitalist Book of Fashion unpicks the threads of capitalist industry to reveal the truth about our clothes.

Fashion brands entice us to consume more by manipulating us to feel ugly, poor and worthless, sentiments that line the pockets of billionaires exploiting colonial supply chains. Garment workers on poverty pay risk their lives in dangerous factories, animals are tortured, fossil fuels extracted and toxic chemicals spread just to keep this season's collections fresh.

We can do better than this. Moving between Karl Lagerfeld and Karl Marx, The Anti-Capitalist Book of Fashion goes beyond ethical fashion and consumer responsibility showing that if we want to feel comfortable in our clothes, we need to reshape the system and ensure this is not our last season.

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'Fashion, politics, and capitalism are all connected by the same thread. But what happens when the spool runs out?' - British Vogue

'Interrogates today's fashion landscape with rigour - will make you view your wardrobe through a different lens' - Lucy Siegle

'A failure to imagine the end of capitalism goes hand-in-hand with a failure to imagine the end of fashion as a commodified sphere in which countless exploited workers labour so that the powerful can wear power-affirming garments. Hoskins' book does wonders to help its readers overcome both failures' - Yanis Varoufakis

'A classic read for all fashion students, and of course those interested in the politics of fashion. I will refer to my copy for a long time to come' - Caryn Franklin MBE, fashion commentator and body image activist