Tansy E. Hoskins
The Anti-Capitalist Book Of Fashion is out now.
This is a book about fashion and capitalism, destruction and resistance, billionaires, workers and revolution. Above all it is a book that reveals fashion as a performance of deeper social issues.
What started as an update of Stitched Up escalated when I found I couldn't stop writing. The book ended up being about 60% new text. I see it as the same skeleton with brand new flesh on its bones.
There is a lot of new material in the text, covering so many of the things that have happened in the past decade - social media & communicative capitalism, influencers and digital activism, the rise of slash fashion brands, and Covid to name just a few.
I also got to interview and collaborate with some exceptionally talented and interesting people. I seriously love the Foreword by Andreja Pejić. She is a fiery revolutionary as well as an actress & supermodel so it is a dream come true. I am also really pleased to have worked with Indigenous Fashion scholar Riley Kucheran who is a brilliant and inspiring thinker.
You can also check out my book 'Foot Work – What Your Shoes Are Doing To The World,' an exposé of the dark origins of the shoes on our feet. [The paperback launched March 2022!]
My first book 'Stitched Up' was selected by Emma Watson for her ‘Ultimate Book List’ with Emma saying “By the end of the book, she makes a strong case for nothing less than a revolution.”
In between books, I work as a journalist. This work has taken me to Bangladesh, Kenya, Macedonia, and the Topshop warehouses in Solihull. She also lecturers across Europe on the politics of the fashion industry.
I can also be found reading awesome Sci-fi, Fantasy, and Speculative Fiction literature.
This is a book about fashion and capitalism, destruction and resistance, billionaires, workers and revolution. Above all it is a book that reveals fashion as a performance of deeper social issues.
What started as an update of Stitched Up escalated when I found I couldn't stop writing. The book ended up being about 60% new text. I see it as the same skeleton with brand new flesh on its bones.
There is a lot of new material in the text, covering so many of the things that have happened in the past decade - social media & communicative capitalism, influencers and digital activism, the rise of slash fashion brands, and Covid to name just a few.
I also got to interview and collaborate with some exceptionally talented and interesting people. I seriously love the Foreword by Andreja Pejić. She is a fiery revolutionary as well as an actress & supermodel so it is a dream come true. I am also really pleased to have worked with Indigenous Fashion scholar Riley Kucheran who is a brilliant and inspiring thinker.
You can also check out my book 'Foot Work – What Your Shoes Are Doing To The World,' an exposé of the dark origins of the shoes on our feet. [The paperback launched March 2022!]
My first book 'Stitched Up' was selected by Emma Watson for her ‘Ultimate Book List’ with Emma saying “By the end of the book, she makes a strong case for nothing less than a revolution.”
In between books, I work as a journalist. This work has taken me to Bangladesh, Kenya, Macedonia, and the Topshop warehouses in Solihull. She also lecturers across Europe on the politics of the fashion industry.
I can also be found reading awesome Sci-fi, Fantasy, and Speculative Fiction literature.
