When Clothes Become Fashion
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When Clothes Become Fashion

Design and Innovation Systems

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When Clothes Become Fashion

Design and Innovation Systems

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When, how and why do clothes become fashion? Fashion is more than mere clothing. It is a moment of invention, a distillation of desire, a reflection of a zeitgeist. It is also a business relying on an intricate network of manufacture, marketing and retail. Fashion is both medium and message but it does not explain itself. It requires language and images for its global mediation. It develops from the prescience of the designer and is dependent on acceptance by observers and wearers alike. When Clothes Become Fashion explores the structures and strategies which underlie fashion innovation, how fashion is perceived and the point at which clothing is accepted or rejected as fashion. The book provides a clear theoretical framework for understanding the world of fashion - its aesthetic premises, plurality of styles, performative impulses, social qualities and economic conditions.

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Publisher
Berg Publishers
Year
2009
ISBN
9780857851444
Edition
1
Topic
Design
Subtopic
Fashion Design

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Introduction
  3. Part I Fashion Theory
  4. 1 Does Fashion need a Theory?
  5. 2 Textiles as Material
  6. 3 Clothes as Form
  7. 4 Fashion as System
  8. Part II Invention and Innovation
  9. 5 When Is Invention?
  10. 6 When Is Creativity?
  11. 7 When Is Innovation?
  12. Part III When Clothes Become Fashion
  13. 8 When Is Fashion?
  14. 9 When Is Fashion Art?
  15. 10 When Is Fashion Design?
  16. Epilogue
  17. Notes
  18. Bibliography
  19. Index