Introducing fashion theory : from Androgyny to Zeitgeist / Andrew Reilly.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Reilly, Andrew Hinchcliffe, author.

Series:

Understanding Fashion

Standardized Title:

Key concepts for the fashion industry

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fashion design.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 148 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

Second edition.

Distribution:

[London, England] : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020

Place of Publication:

London [England] : Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2020.

Summary:

"A concise introduction to fashion theories, covering cultural, social and individual influences on fashion and how the fashion system works. Get up-to-speed with fashion theories like scarcity and conformity through practical examples and accessible case studies. Introducing Fashion Theory makes complex concepts easy to digest. Learn about the different ways a style can become a fashion and how it can spread or decline. With student-friendly features such as discussion questions, activities and further reading, after completing this text you will have a good foundation for understanding how, where, why, and when fashion exists. This second edition, re-titled from Key Concepts for the Fashion Industry, includes expanded coverage of cultural appropriation, corporate greenwashing and the criminal world of counterfeit goods"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1. Introduction to Theory Introduction Why use theory?

What is fashion? Who has fashion? Fashioning the body The tipping point Semiotics Modern, postmodern, post-postmodern

2. The Fashion System Introduction Market infrastructure theory

Trickle across theory Innovation theory Historic resurrection Branding

3. Fashion and the Individual Introduction The public, private, and secret self Body image Aesthetic perception and learning

Historic continuity theory The individual and society

4. Fashion and Society Introduction Trickle-down theory Trickle-up theory Scarcity/rarity Conspicuous consumption Political use of dress Gender

5.

Fashion and Culture Introduction

Zeitgeist Spatial diffusion

6. Conclusion One phenomenon, many theories Fashion blunders

Notes:

Originally published: Key concepts for the fashion industry, London ; New York : Bloomsbury, 2014.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.

ISBN:

9781350091924

1350091928

9781350091931

1350091936

9781350091948

1350091944

OCLC:

1202457356