The Perfect Fit: Creative Work in the Global Shoe Industry

The Perfect Fit: Creative Work in the Global Shoe Industry
ISBN-10
0226815900
ISBN-13
9780226815909
Series
The Perfect Fit
Category
Business & Economics
Pages
272
Language
English
Published
2022
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Author
Claudio E. Benzecry

Description

Preface: The frailty of commodity chains -- From head to toe -- From the designer's point of view. From "the global" to "the girl" ; When is a shoe a shoe? -- Feet and fit. The world at her fit: scale-making, uniqueness, and standardization ; Cinderella on the Pearl River Delta: who has the power to translate? -- The global in the rearview mirror -- Interlude: a landscape of factories ; The ruins and rubble of Novo Hamburgo: skill and melancholia in a global shoe town -- Conclusion: what did we learn about globalization by looking at shoes? -- Coda: shoe is a gipsy business.

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