Fashion-ology: An Introduction to Fashion Studies (Dress,

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Fashion-ology: An Introduction to Fashion Studies (Dress, Body, Culture)

This book provides a concise and much-needed introduction to the sociology of fashion. Most studies of fashion do not make a clear distinction between clothing and fashion. Kawamura argues that clothing is a tangible material product whereas fashion is a symbolic cultural product. She debunks the myth of the genius designer and explains, provocatively, that fashion is not about clothes but is a belief. There is an institutional structure, ignored by many fashion theorists, that has shaped and produced the fashion phenomenon. Kawamura further shows how the structural nature of the fashion system works to legitimize designers' creativity and can make them successful. Newer fashion cities, such as Milan and New York, are the product of the fashion system that originated in Paris. Without that systemic structure, fashion culture would not exist. Fashion-ology provides a big picture approach that focuses on the social process behind fashion and its perpetuation.
Country USA
Manufacturer Berg Publishers
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9781859738146
ReleaseDate 2005-02-10
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781859738146

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Berg Publishers
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9781859738146
ReleaseDate	2005-02-10
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781859738146

Fashion-ology: An Introduction to Fashion Studies (Dress, Body, Culture)

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