Fashion: the key concepts

Fashion: the key concepts by Jennifer Craik is a new book that is now available for loan from the Learning Centre.

1. the fashion impulse

• i. investigating the fashion impulse
• ii. color and fashion through time
• iii. the color black in fashion
• iv. conclusion
• case study 1: the regulation of fashion
• case study 2: black mourning dress
• case study 3: fashions in new guinea headdresses
• case study 4: the sailor suit: from function to fashion

2. the eurocentric fashion system

• i. consumer culture and fashion
• ii. paris fashion
• iii. the paris legacy
• iv. new fashion capitals
• v. conclusion
• case study 5: beau brummell
• case study 6: the influence of coco chanel
• case study 7: yves saint laurent as style muse
• case study 8: daslu luxury retailing

3. fashion cycles, symbols, and flows

• i. fashion cycles and structures
• ii. fashion symbols and codes
• iii. interdisciplinary fashion theory
• iv. fashion flows
• v. conclusion
• case study 9: the meaning of men's ties
• case study 10: jeans as über fashion
• case study 11: sexuality and stilettos
• case study 12: the magic of cosmetics

4. fashion, body techniques, and identity

• i. fashion as a body technique
• ii. fashioning gender: femininity and and masculinity
• iii. fashioning consumers
• iv. uniforms of identity
• v. conclusion
• case study 13: fashion and identity in harajuku
• case study 14: acquiring the techniques of royalty
• case study 15: the metrosexual man
• case study 16: the cult of thinness

5. fashion, aesthetics, and art

• i. aesthetics and fashion
• ii. spatial aesthetics and fashion
• iii. fashion as aesthetic regime
• iv. artistic fashion and cultural shifts
• v. from aesthetic innovation to museum curation
• vi. conclusion
• case study 17: fashion photography and heroin chic
• case study 18: exhibiting vivienne westwood
• case study 19: wearable art
• case study 20: fashion and the wristwatch

6. fashion as a business and cultural industry

• i. the structure of the fashion industry
• ii. fashion forecasting, marketing, and the fashion consumer
• iii. the changing role of the fashion designer
• iv. luxury brands and global marketing
• v. conclusion
• case study 21: celebrity models
• case study 22: louis vuitton as luxury accessory
• case study 23: the gap as global fashion
• case study 24: secondhand clothing

7. popular culture and fashion

• i. fashion and the rise of popular culture
• ii. representing fashion
• iii. fashion subcultures and popular music
• iv. fashion journalism, public relations, and stylists
• v. conclusion
• case study 25: sports clothing for everyman
• case study 26: australian bush wear as urban chic
• case study 27: retailing erotic lingerie
• case study 28: oliviero toscani's advertisements for benetton

8. the politics of fashion

• i. what are the politics of fashion?
• ii. endogenous and exogenous factors
• iii. fashion and colonialism
• iv. fashion and postcolonialism
• v. conclusion: global fashion futures?
• case study 29: the politics of veiling
• case study 30: renegotiating chinese fashion
• case study 31: indian fashion: from diasporas to designers
• case study 32: burberry's brand of britishness

glossary

fashion milestones

questions for essays and class discussion

annotated guide for further reading

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