Week twenty-four April 3, 2014
Overdressed: The shockingly high cost of cheap fashion
Amy: I rate it a 2 out of 5. She was not as solutions based as I wanted her to be. I still feel as trapped, helpless and guilty. I am just binding the world to low income, oppressive labour practices because I had a shitty day at work and someone else halfway around the world is going to pay for it.
Vanessa: I rate it a 2 out of 5. It was not anything that was new information, did make me feel a little bit better because I don't shop as much. I was a bit smug. It still made me feel guilty though because there was no solution.
Danielle: I rate it 2 out of 5. Very repetitive, nothing I hadn't heard before. I did like however that she brought herself into it, not saying that is above anyone.
Karen: I rate it 4 out of 5. It was repetitive true, but it felt like an essay. Lots of arguments, categories and a solution at the end. It brought the idea of having intention and awareness but no there were no magical solution. We hear the comment "what can one person do" and that makes me imagine, what if everyone starting being more intentional about what they bought. I feel like if everyone read this book and increased their awareness it would change the industry.
Nicole: I rate it 3.5 out of 5. I think even though she does not offer large solutions, it does give me a personal challenge and I think that matters. It did read like an essay and it was refreshing to read this non fiction piece. I found the stats made the issues hard for me to ignore.
Lacey: I rate it 2 out of 5. Based on what I read. I skimmed through, picked up parts of it.
Laura: I rate it 3 out of 5 based on the first chapter and afterward. I feel like both of those chapters really summed up what everyone is saying about the book. I think I would like to read it at some point because there are clearly a lot of facts that I don't know.
Robyn: I rate it 3 out of 5. I liked that it made me think. I totally wanted more of solution for it, a how-to guide but that would be too easy. I liked how it would drive the point home; it made me question not necessary what I own but what I will buy. Made me look at what I own and wonder what else I can make out of the fabric.
Nikki: I rate it 3 out of 5. It did not tell me anything I didn't know already but it did reinforce how I shop already. For example I will pay $200 for jeans that I know are high quality and then get really skeptical about mid-cost shirts. When I buy something that is so cheap I doubt in my mind whether or not I should buy it, knowing how shitty it is.
Group average rating: 3.05
