Fashion : the key concepts /

Craik, Jennifer.

Fashion : the key concepts / Jennifer Craik. - English ed. - Oxford ; New York : Berg, 2009. - xiii, 379 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The fashion impulse - The eurocentric fashion system - Fashion cycles, symbols , and flows - Fashion, body techniques, and identity - Fashion, aesthetics, and art - Fashion as a business and cultural industry - The politics of fashion - Glossary - Fashion milestones - Questions for essays and class discussion.

The important topics in fashion are discussed here, with over 30 case studies.

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Fashion design.
Fashion merchandising.
Fashion designers.
Clothing trade.
Fashion--Psychological aspects.
Fashion--Case studies.
Clothing and dress--Symbolic aspects.
Clothing and dress--Erotic aspects.

TT507 / .C834 2009

746.9/2