In this update to her 2008 book, Fletcher (London College of Fashion) accurately observes that the topics of sustainability and eco-design have moved from the margins to a central area of focus in the six years between editions.  Multinational corporations, NGOs, and celebrities (think Clean Clothes Campaign and Green Carpet Challenge) have turned their attention to green matters.  "Brand promotion" seems to be the gateway drug, but corporations can also become more efficient in areas such as resource management and sourcing, crop efficiency, and transportation and packaging costs.  This book strikes a healthy balance between the subjective questions of fashion and taste and the more objective analysis of the role that resources play, using data culled from a number of sources.  This eminently browsable volume offers much food for thought; topics include "zero waste pattern cutting," "emotionally durable design," bleaching and dyeing, and fair trade and labor, including child labor.  All libraries supporting fashion and green design study and research should acquire this volume.  The many general readers who are interested in fashion will find it useful, though its high cost is a barrier. Summing Up: Recommended. Lower- and upper-level undergraduates, two-year technical program students, professionals, and general readers.

--C. Stevens, Lake Forest College

Corinne L. Stevens

Lake Forest College

http://dx.doi.org/10.5860/CHOICE.185557