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PRODUCTION
written by Mina Le
edited by Charlee Reiff

SOCIALS
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CONTACT
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BRANDS/ORGANIZATIONS MENTIONED
Sheep Inc https://us.sheepinc.com/
Fibershed https://fibershed.org/
Textile Exchange https://textileexchange.org/
Woolmark https://www.woolmark.com/environment/...
Fashion Revolution https://www.fashionrevolution.org/
Fashion Revolution's Key Organizations List https://www.fashionrevolution.org/key...
Atmos Magazine https://atmos.earth/
Sustainable Baddie Magazine http://sustainablebaddie.com/
Patagonia Action Works https://www.patagonia.com/actionworks...

SOURCES
books 📚
Overdressed: The Shockingly High Cost of Cheap Fashion
Service and Style: How the American Department Store Fashioned the Middle Class by Jan Whitaker
Wardrobe Crisis: How We Went from Sunday Best to Fast Fashion by Clare Press
Clothing Poverty The Hidden World of Fast Fashion and Second-hand Clothes by Andrew Brooks
articles 📰
Cable Crossings: The Aran Jumper as Myth and Merchandise by Siun Carden
The Knit of a Nation?: How Irishness was marketed to the world by the Aran sweater (1950-1980) by Pierce Kehoe
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/20...
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worl...
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/...
https://www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2020/08...
https://www.investopedia.com/personal...
https://www.vogue.co.uk/fashion/artic...
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/19...
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/15...
http://www.theluxestrategist.com/qual...
https://www.sustainablejungle.com/sus...
https://scripps.ucsd.edu/news/not-so-...
https://invisibleworld.com/blogs/news...
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandst...
https://research.qut.edu.au/textiler/...

0:00 - intro
5:55 - defining the aran jumper
8:04 - the aran jumper goes commercial
12:55 - the quality debate
23:42 - how to buy a sweater
37:33 - conclusion