Sofi Thanhauser

“The demographics of cotton farms in Lubbock resemble those of the U.S. agriculture industry as a whole: the farm operators are older, white, and U.S.-born, while most hired farmworkers are younger, immigrant, and Latino. Estimates vary, but it is likely that 75 percent of the agricultural workforce is undocumented. Those charged with using Roundup on cotton are in an almost impossible position to seek legal redress when their work exposes them to known carcinogens.[*] The average life expectancy for Latino farmworkers in the United States is forty-nine, compared to seventy-three to seventy-nine for the rest of the population.”
― Sofi Thanhauser, Worn: A People's History of Clothing

“In 2010, JCPenney joined the fast fashion model, partnering with Italian company Mango, which is capable of moving new styles from design studio to store in a month. According to JCPenney’s CEO, “If you only deliver four times a year, there’s only a reason to come to the store four times a year.” Zara, founded in 1975 and based in A Coruña, in the northwest corner of Spain, helped create this paradigm. Zara stocked new fashions in stores every two weeks. In 2014, the company invested in four warehouses close to the Madrid airport, from which they began to ship almost 500,000 garments every day, making deliveries to each of the company’s stores twice a week.”
― Sofi Thanhauser, Worn: A People's History of Clothing