Fashion-ology : an introduction to fashion studies / Yuniya Kawamura.
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TextSeries: Dress, body, culturePublication details: Oxford : Berg, 2005Description: 192 p. : illISBN: 1859738141; 1859738095 (hbk.) :Subject(s): Fashion | Clothing and dress -- Symbolic aspects | Clothing and dress -- Social aspectsDDC classification: 391 Summary: Yuniya Kawamura provides a concise and much-needed introduction to the sociology of fashion. She argues that clothing is a tangible material product whereas fashion is a symbolic cultural product. She also debunks the myth of 'the genius designer' explaining that fashion is not about clothes but is a belief.
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Yuniya Kawamura provides a concise and much-needed introduction to the sociology of fashion. She argues that clothing is a tangible material product whereas fashion is a symbolic cultural product. She also debunks the myth of 'the genius designer' explaining that fashion is not about clothes but is a belief.
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