The Responsible Company — Yvon Chouinard & Vincent Stanley
How a values-led company takes responsibility for its full impact — from raw materials to end-of-life. Yvon Chouinard and Vincent Stanley distil four decades of Patagonia's experiment in conscientious commerce.
Worn Stories — Emily Spivack
The stories behind the clothes we keep. Fashion as autobiography.
Emily Spivack
American writer and curator whose Worn Stories (2014) collected first-person accounts from over sixty people — Cindy Sherman, Greta Lee, an inmate — about a single piece of clothing that holds a memory. The format became a Netflix series in 2021.
Vincent Stanley
Patagonia's longtime Director of Philosophy and co-author of The Responsible Company. Stanley joined the company at its inception in 1973 and helped shape the values-led playbook that other businesses now study.
Yvon Chouinard
Founded Patagonia in 1973 making climbing pitons by hand, then in September 2022 gave the entire company — then valued at three billion dollars — to a trust whose profits fund the climate fight. The book is the founder manual everyone since has had to read.
