The Face of Fashion
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The Face of Fashion

Cultural Studies in Fashion

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The Face of Fashion

Cultural Studies in Fashion

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First Published in 2004. "The Face of Fashion" is a study of fashion and the body which aims to establish the relations between codes and systems of clothing and the conduct of everyday life. Jennifer Craik questions the trickle-down theory that fashion is dictated by elite designers and opinion leaders with evidence of a trickle-up effect from sub-cultures, mass consumer behaviour and everyday bricolage of fashion items. The text addresses the neglected area of men's fashion, as well as women's fashion, within a broad examination of the role of fashion in gender identity. The argument is developed through a number of key agencies and processes: consumerism and everyday fashion; the iconization of the body through fashion models and photography; the use of cosmetics to "make-up" the body; the nexus between fashion and gender; the changing fashions in underwear and swimwear as maps of the revealed body. These topics are approached from an interdisciplinary perspective that treats fashion systems as ethnographic traces of the cultural projection of the body.

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Publisher
Routledge
Year
2003
ISBN
9781134940554
Edition
1
Topic
Social Sciences
Subtopic
Sociology
Index
Social Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. The face of fashion
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Figures
  6. Preface
  7. Acknowledgements
  8. Chapter 1: The face of fashion technical bodies and technologies of self
  9. Chapter 2: Exotic impulses in techniques of fashion
  10. Chapter 3: Fashioning women techniques of femininity
  11. Chapter 4: Fashion models female bodies and icons of femininity
  12. Chapter 5: Soft focus techniques of fashion photography
  13. Chapter 6: States of undress lingerie to swimwear
  14. Chapter 7: Cosmetic attributes techniques of make-up and perfume
  15. Chapter 8: Fashioning masculinity dressed for comfort or style
  16. Chapter 9: Conclusion nothing to wear
  17. Bibliography