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Maxine Bédat is the author of the 2025-26 Common Read selection Unraveled: The Life and Death of a Garment, first published in 2021. She is the founder and director of New Standard Institute, a “think and do tank using data and the power of citizens to turn the fashion industry into a force for good,” and is active in urging sustainability in the fashion industry. As well as being a public speaker and expert cited by the news media, she has a degree from Columbia Law School and served in the criminal tribunal for the Rwandan genocide.