Patrick Grant - Less : Stop Buying So Much Rubbish

Today the average person has nearly five times as many clothes as they did just 50 years ago. Last year 100 billion garments were made worldwide, most by workers paid virtually nothing and 70% from plastic textiles made from oils that don’t recycle. 30% of all clothes are never sold and two thirds of clothes we own we never wear. The equivalent of one bin lorry full of clothing is dumped in landfill or burned every single second.

In this passionate and revealing book about loving clothes but hating the way they’re made, judge of the BBC’s Great British Sewing Bee, Patrick Grant, considers the crisis of the global fashion industry and how to set it right. Weaving in his personal journey through fashion he explains how when it comes to wardrobe essentials, less is more. This is a book that celebrates quality, craftsmanship, making things well and mending them when needed. About buying things made in Britain to help reenergise skills of weaving and spinning and bringing jobs, prosperity and hope back to places in our country that have lost out to globalisation, offshore manufacturing and to the madness of price being the only thing that matters.

ABOUT PATRICK GRANT...

With a career in fashion spanning nearly two decades Patrick Grant has a lot to say about our clothing, who makes it and how it’s made. He is a regular on television and radio as a commentator on the clothing and textile industries and is best known as a judge on the BBC’s Great British Sewing Bee. Patrick holds an honorary Doctorate from Heriot Watt University, is a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and is in the Business of Fashion 500 index of the most influential people in global fashion. In 2016 he launched Community Clothing, a social enterprise which supports thousands of UK jobs through making and selling affordable high-quality clothing.