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Book Review: 'Overdressed,' by Elizabeth L. Cline

How “fast fashion” moguls filled your closets with junk

Americans buy roughly 20 billion garments annually—64 items per person per yearPhotograph by Charles Engman for Bloomberg Businessweek

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By Julian Sancton

June 22, 2012 at 1:20 AM UTC

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This article is part of the June 25, 2012 issue of businessweek.

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Overdressed: The Shockingly High Cost of Cheap Fashion
By Elizabeth L. Cline
Penguin Portfolio; 256pp; $25.95

Book Review: 'Overdressed,' by Elizabeth L. Cline