Changing Fashion

Changing trends in fashion have always reflected large-scale social and cultural changes. Changing Fashion presents for the first time a multi-disciplinary approach to examining fashion change, bringing together theory from fashion studies, cultural studies, sociology, psychology and art history, amongst others.Ideal for the undergraduate student of fashion and cultural studies, the book has a wide range of contemporary and historical case material which provides practical examples of trend analysis and change, from the art deco textile designs of Sonia Delaunay to the chameleonic shifts in Bob Dylan's appearance over time. Key issues in fashion and identity, such as race, gender and consumption are examined from different disciplinary angles to provide a critical overview of the field. Changing Fashion provides a concise guide to the main theories across disciplines that explain how and why media, clothing styles, and cultural practices fall in and out of fashion.

ISBN 1845203909   Volumes 1 ISBN13 9781845203900 (What's this?)   Weight (grammes) 335 Publisher A & C Black Publishers Ltd   Published in Oxford Imprint Berg Publishers   Series ISSN 1360-466 Format Paperback   Series title Dress, Body, Culture Publication date 01 Aug 2007   Height (mm) 234 Library of Congress 2007020055   Width (mm) 156 DEWEY 391   Spine width (mm) 11 DEWEY edition DC22   Academic level Tertiary education Pages 224

1		Fashion change in the new millennium : an introduction		1
2		Fashion and the self		13
3		Fashion change as search for meaning		35
4		Fashion as collective behavior		57
5		Style : the endless desire for a new look		81
6		Fashion and performance		103
7		Fashion as cycle		127
8		Millennium dress history : artifacts as harbingers of change		151
9		Fashion change - binding the threads together		165

'This book is a refreshing examination of fashion that explores contemporary meanings and motivations for change. The organization is comprehensive and centered on cultural and global trends affecting us all. The authors provide useful summaries within each chapter and case examples that play upon their unique strengths to offer a stimulating and synergistic look at factors that influence fashion change.'Marilyn DeLong, University of Minnesota

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