The history of clothing practices provides guidance for fashioning a new ethic that emphasizes quality over quantity, longevity over novelty, and versatility over specialization. With such an ethic, consumers would demand a shift toward more timeless design, away from fast-moving… — Juliet B. Schor Copy Share Image
We are social animals and we have a hierarachical and unequal society. It is a class society, and the class system creates and perpetuates… — Juliet B. Schor Copy Share Image
The history of clothing practices provides guidance for fashioning a new ethic that emphasizes quality over quantity, longevity over novelty, and versatility over specialization.… — Juliet B. Schor Copy Share Image
Striving for longevity through versatility facilitates what we might call an ecological or true materialism. ... we are not truly materialist because we fail… — Juliet B. Schor Copy Share Image