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Fashion: A Very Short Introduction

Rebecca Arnold

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Fashion is a gigantic global industry, generating some three hundred billion dollars in revenue every year, and playing a significant role in the economic, political, cultural and social lives of a vast international audience. Despite this, and perhaps in part because of its prevalence in the media, it is often denigrated as trivial and superficial, as a sign of vanity and narcissism. Written by a highly regarded authority on twentieth-century fashion, this Very Short Introduction offer a wide-ranging and revealing look at fashion that discusses everything from production and design, to couture and retailing, to the wider role of fashion in society. This lively book illuminates the structure of the fashion industry and the range of professionals involved in its creation, and it provides cogent insight into its historical, social and cultural contexts. It also sheds light on how fashion has developed, while raising questions about its ethical and controversial aspects, such as the use of fur, exploitative trading, and poor working conditions for laborers.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
  • Publish Date: Nov 23rd, 2009
  • Pages: 160
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 6.88in - 4.48in - 0.38in - 0.31lb
  • EAN: 9780199547906
  • Categories: • Fashion & Accessories• Popular Culture

About the Author

Rebecca Arnold is a Research Fellow in the School of Humanities in the Department of History of Design at the Royal College of Art.

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Two-semester MA in Design Research, Writing & Criticism at SVA. Accepting applications for Fall 2022.

Fashion, Desire, and Anxiety by Rebecca Arnold from @BloomsburyPub #fashion #fashiondesign #designthinking #desire #anxiety #capitalism #visualculture 5/ https://t.co/spUNFmfjUN

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Research from the frontiers of art history, conservation and curatorship. Part of @TheCourtauld.

🚨 One week left to apply! 📝Call for Papers: Front and (Off-)Centre: Fashion and Southeast Asia 📆 Applications close 19 Dec 📝Organised by Dr Rebecca Arnold @TheCourtauld and Dr Nadya Wang @LASALLESGLASALLE 👉Apply here: https://t.co/Rsbppfwnp9 Image by Jaya Khidir https://t.co/bfIt3jrR3E

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Bande Ă  parte, a fashion podcast hosted by Dr Rebecca Arnold, Senior Lecturer in History of Dress and Textiles at The Courtauld, and Beatrice Behlen of @MuseumofLondon has made the @guardian's best podcast of the week list. Listen here: https://t.co/wyCNpGcY6s https://t.co/AGOWvOu6NF

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Mentioner image for: SVA MA Design Research
SVA MA Design Research
@DCrit
2 years

Two-semester MA in Design Research, Writing & Criticism at SVA. Accepting applications for Fall 2022.

Fashion, Desire, and Anxiety by Rebecca Arnold from @BloomsburyPub #fashion #fashiondesign #designthinking #desire #anxiety #capitalism #visualculture 5/ https://t.co/spUNFmfjUN

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The Courtauld Research Forum
@CourtauldRes
2 years

Research from the frontiers of art history, conservation and curatorship. Part of @TheCourtauld.

🚨 One week left to apply! 📝Call for Papers: Front and (Off-)Centre: Fashion and Southeast Asia 📆 Applications close 19 Dec 📝Organised by Dr Rebecca Arnold @TheCourtauld and Dr Nadya Wang @LASALLESGLASALLE 👉Apply here: https://t.co/Rsbppfwnp9 Image by Jaya Khidir https://t.co/bfIt3jrR3E

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