Culture | Finely spun yarns
In “Worn”, a clothes maven finds out where they come from
Sofi Thanhauser explores the links between producers of cloth and consumers
Worn: A People’s History of Clothing. By Sofi Thanhauser. Pantheon; 400 pages; $30. Allen Lane; £20
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Culture January 29th 2022
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