Table of Contents

Introduction: Fashion Workers and the Labor of Design

1. Shoddy Seams: The Decline of the New York Garment Industry and Its Transformation Into New York Fashion

2. Back of House/Front of House: Creative Skills and "Effortless" Labor Among Samplemakers and Fashion Workers

3. The Deskilling of Design: Technology, Education, and the Routinization of Fashion’s Engineers

4. Designing Diaspora: The Racialization of Labor, the Rebranding of Korea, and the Movement of Fashion Designers Between Seoul and New York

5. Fast-Fashion Families: Family Ties and Fast-Fashion Production in the Los Angeles Jobber Market

Epilogue: Made in China

About the Author

Christina H. Moon is an Assistant Professor in Fashion Studies in the School of Art and Design History, Parsons School for Design at The New School.