Fashion : a philosophy /

Svendsen, Lars.

Fashion : a philosophy / Lars Svendsen ; translated by John Irons. - London : Reaktion, 2006. - 188 p. ; 20 cm.

Includes bibliographical references.

Lars Svendsen provides an accessible analysis of fashion as an historical phenomenon and as a philosophy of taste. Quoting a wide range of thinkers, from Adam Smith to Roland Barthes, he examines the slippery meaning of fashion, exploring the term in itswidest sense but placing fashion in clothing at centre stage.


Translated from the Swedish.

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Fashion--Philosophy.

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