FASHION-OLOGY: AN INTRODUCTION TO FASHION STUDIES.
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Word Count
31,000 words, Guess
Page Count
124 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL22610990M
- ISBN-101859738141
- OCLC Control Number56729831
- OCLC Control Numberfashionologyintr0000kawa
- Library of Congress Control Number2004023162
and 2 more
- Goodreads464271
- LibraryThing1301661
Classifications
- LCCTT519 .K38 2005
Description
"This book provides a concise and much-needed introduction to the sociology of fashion. Most studies do not make a clear distinction between clothing and fashion. Kawamura argues that clothing is a tangible product whereas fashion is a symbolic cultural product. She debunks the myth of "the genius designer" and explains 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." http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/hol053/2004023162.html.
Subjects
Series Statement
- DRESS, BODY, CULTURE
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