**A NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • A sweeping and captivatingly told history of clothing and the stuff it is made of—an unparalleled deep-dive into how everyday garments have transformed our lives, our societies, and our planet.“We learn that, if we were a bit more curious about our clothes, they would offer us rich, interesting and often surprising insights into human history...a deep and sustained inquiry into the origins of what we wear, and what we have worn for th...

服裝改變我們對世界的看法，也改變世界看待我們的方式。～吳爾芙《紐約客》雜誌年度最佳書籍《魅力》雜誌 二○二二年第一季年度好書《哈潑時尚》雜誌 二○二二最佳年度新書本書不僅是一部人類服裝的社會史、深刻動人的報導文學，更將澈底改變你對衣服的看法！譚豪瑟以非凡的學術造詣及簡潔精煉的筆調，將服裝的歷史串連起來，讓讀者瞭解人類服裝的故事就是一部死亡、疾病、剝削及破壞土地的歷史……（以及）我們如何選擇所要譴責的危害。在這部視野寬廣的社會史中，譚豪瑟以精彩的筆觸講述五種紡織原料——亞麻、棉花、絲綢、合成纖維和羊毛——的故事，闡述人類服裝的發展及起源，以意想不到的方式，啟發了我們對世界的認知。本書不僅揭開時尚產業的黑幕，更加入氣候議題、深入探討近代歷史，並帶領讀者快速認識紡織業的勞權課題，集所有熱門議題於一身。她帶領讀者穿古跨今，從法王路易十四的華麗宮廷一路來到當代中國強佔下的新疆勞改營。我們看到古代織品曾以地衣、貝殼、樹皮、番紅花和甲蟲作為染料，展現出獨樹一格的地區編織及針織特...

**A NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • A sweeping and captivatingly told history of clothing and the stuff it is made of—an unparalleled deep-dive into how everyday garments have transformed our lives, our societies, and our planet.“We learn that, if we were a bit more curious about our clothes, they would offer us rich, interesting and often surprising insights into human history...a deep and sustained inquiry into the origins of what we wear, and what we have worn for th...