| Edition |
English ed. |
| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 245 pages) : illustrations |
| Note |
Translator from title page verso. |
| Contents |
Fashion Theory. Does Fashion Need a Theory? -- Textiles as Material -- Clothes as Form -- Fashion as System -- Invention and Innovation. When Is Invention? -- When Is Creativity? -- When Is Innovation? -- When Clothes Become Fashion. When Is Fashion? -- When Is Fashion Art? -- When Is Fashion Design? |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Summary |
"When, how and why do clothes become fashion? Fashion is more than mere clothing. It is a moment of invention, a distillation of desire, a reflection of a zeitgeist. It is also economically relevant relying on an intricate network of manufacture, marketing and retail. Fashion is both medium and message but it does not explain itself. It requires language and images for its global mediation. It develops from the prescience of the designer and is dependent on acceptance by observers and wearers alike. When Clothes Become Fashion explores the structures and strategies which underlie fashion innovation, how fashion is perceived and the point at which clothing is accepted or rejected as fashion. The book provides a clear theoretical framework for understanding the system of fashion - its aesthetic premises, plurality of styles, performative impulses, social qualities and economic conditions."--Publisher's website. |
| Subject |
Fashion.
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Clothing trade.
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Fashion design.
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Aesthetics.
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Costume -- Psychological aspects.
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CRAFTS & HOBBIES -- Fashion.
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DESIGN -- Fashion.
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Aesthetics. (OCoLC)fst00798702
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Clothing trade. (OCoLC)fst00864754
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Costume -- Psychological aspects.
(OCoLC)fst00880783
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Fashion. (OCoLC)fst00921600
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Fashion design. (OCoLC)fst01200123
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| Added Title |
Wann is Mode? English
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Loschek, Ingrid. Wann is Mode? English. When clothes become fashion. English ed. Oxford ; New York : Berg, 2009 9781847883667 (DLC) 2009020277 (OCoLC)311761321 |
| ISBN |
9780857851444 (electronic bk.) |
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0857851446 (electronic bk.) |
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