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Fashion-ology: An Introduction to Fashion Studies (Dress, Body, Culture) by NetLibrary, Inc.; Kawamura, Yuniya is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Fashion-ology: An Introduction to Fashion Studies (Dress, Body, Culture) about?

This book provides a concise and much-needed introduction to the sociology of fashion. Most studies of fashion do not make a clear distinction between clothing and fashion. Kawamura argues that clothing is a tangible material product whereas fashion is a symbolic cultural product. She debunks the myth of the genius designer and explains, provocatively, that fashion is not about clothes but is a belief. There is an institutional structure, ignored by many fashion theorists, that has shaped and produced the fashion phenomenon. Kawamura further shows how the structural nature of the fashion system works to legitimize designers creativity and can make them successful. Newer fashion cities, such as Milan and New York, are the product of the fashion system that originated in Paris. Without that systemic structure, fashion culture would not exist. Fashion-ology provides a big picture approach that focuses on the social process behind fashion and its perpetuation.

Who reads Fashion-ology: An Introduction to Fashion Studies (Dress, Body, Culture)?

Author

NetLibrary, Inc.; Kawamura, Yuniya

Publisher

Bloomsbury Academic;Berg Publishers

Published

2005

Language

EN

ISBN

9781859738092

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Health & Fitness, Folklore, Anthropology

Rating

3.5 / 5 (43 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14