This text draws on the history of fashion to demonstrate that the modern cult of appearance and superficiality actually serves the common good. It argues that m

Proposing a comprehensive account of the global fashion industry this book aims to present fashion as a social and cultural fact. Drawing on six principles from

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This thoroughly revised and updated edition of Fashion Theory: A Reader brings together and presents a wide range of essays on fashion theory that will engage a