'Dollar-A-Day'
Photo Title
'Dollar-A-Day'
Photographer/Creator
Francine Orr
Collection
Publisher
Los Angeles Times
Caption/Description
Piles of imported used pants are for sale at Yaba market in Lagos. Nigerian. Textile manufacturers can't complete with the hand-me-down prices of blue-jeans that can be had for about a dollar. The country's colorful traditional textiles and fashions have been driven almost out of the market.
Citation
Francine Orr, "'Dollar-A-Day' ," in POYi Archive, Item #35658, http://archive.poy.org/items/show/35658 (accessed June 8, 2025).
Date Added
07.06.2008