The aesthetic economy of fashion : markets and value in clothing and modelling / Joanne Entwistle.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Entwistle, Joanne.

Series:

Dress, body, culture.

Dress, body, culture, 1360-466X

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Clothing trade.

Fashion.

Physical Description:

x, 188p.

Edition:

English ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Berg, 2009.

Summary:

Fashion is bound up with promoting the 'new', concerned with constantly changing aesthetics. The favoured styles or looks of a season arise out of the work of a vast range of different actors who collectively produce, select, distribute and promote the new ideals, before moving on to next season. How, then, are fashionable commodities stabilized long enough for them to be selected, distributed and sold? Since there are few studies that actually examine the work that goes on inside the world of fashion, we know little about these processes. This book addresses this gap in our knowledge by examining how aesthetic products are defined, distributed and valued. It focuses attention on the work of some of the market agents, particularly model agents or 'bookers' and fashion buyers, shaping the aesthetics inside their markets. In analysing their work, Entwistle develops a theoretical framework for understanding the distinctive features of aesthetic marketplaces and the aesthetic calculations within them.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Acknowledgements

1 Introduction

Part I Understanding Aesthetic Markets

2 An Aesthetic Marketplace: Assembling 'Economy' and 'Culture'

3 The Aesthetic Economy: The Production of Value in the Field of Fashion Modelling

Part II Fashion Buying: A Case Study

4 Introduction to Case Study

5 Understanding High Fashion: Retailing and Buying

6 Markets in Motion: Fashion Temporality and Materiality

7 Tacit Aesthetic Knowledge: The Fashion Sense and Sensibility of Fashion Buyers

8 The Cultural Economy of Fashion Buying

Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

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ISBN:

9786613079756

9781283079754

1283079755

9781847887474

1847887473

9780857851482

0857851489