*** 'This powerful speaking-truth-to-power book is an essential read for everybody who wants
to stop feeling clueless and helpless about the impacts of cosumerism and start doing their
part to help create a more sustainable world' - Layla Saad 'A critique on what we buy how it's
made and the systems behind it that make an unfair and broken cycle' - New York Times 'The book
is a blueprint for anyone who wants to do better' - VOGUE 'SUCH integrity. Aja is no bullsh*t.'
- Florence Given 'Consumed takes us through the hideously complex topic of fashion and
sustainability from its knotty colonial roots to what everyday people can do to uproot those
systems today.' - Yassmin Abdel-Magied 'An absolute must-read' - Marie Clare Aja Barber wants
change. In the 'learning' first half of the book she will expose you to the endemic injustices
in our consumer industries and the uncomfortable history of the textile industry one which
brokered slavery racism and today's wealth inequality. And how these oppressive systems have
bled into the fashion industry and its lack of diversity and equality. She will also reveal how
we spend our money and whose pockets it goes into and whose it doesn't (clue: the people who do
the actual work) and will tell her story of how she came to learn the truth. In the second
'unlearning' half of the book she will help you to understand the uncomfortable truth behind
why you consume the way you do. She asks you to confront the sense of lack you have the
feeling that you are never quite enough and the reasons why you fill the aching void with
consumption rather than compassion. And she makes you challenge this power disparity and take
back ownership of it. The less you buy into the consumer culture the more power you have.
CONSUMED will teach you how to be a citizen not a consumer. 'An absolute must-read' - Red
Magazine 'An absolute must-read for any person who wears clothes.' - Orsola de Castro 'A hugely
compelling exploration of a culture of exploitation and how together we can end it.' - Gina
Martin 'Barber's isn't just a voice we should listen to - it is a voice we MUST listen to.' -
Clementine Ford 'If you buy one book about sustainable fashion make it this one. Consumed is
an urgent call to action to demand a fashion system that is actually fair for both people and
planet not just Big Fashion billionaires. I adore Aja and I love this brilliant book.' -
Venetia La Manna
