Fashion In Focus: Concepts, Practices and Politics [Hardcover]

The study of fashion has exploded in recent decades, yet what this all means or quite where it might take us is not clear. This new book helps to bring fashion into focus, with a comprehensive guide to the key theories, perspectives and developments in the field.

Tim Edwards includes coverage of all the major theories of fashion, including recent scholarship, alongside subcultural analysis and an in-depth look at production. Individual topics include:

• mens fashion, masculinity and the suit
• womens fashion and the role of sexuality
• children, the body and fashion
• the role of celebrity and designer label culture
• globalisation and the production of fashion.

Fashion in Focus is the ideal companion for students in the arts and social sciences, especially those studying issues such as fashion, gender, sexuality and consumer culture.

1. Fashion Foundations  2. The Classical Tradition  Early Perspectives on Fashion  3. The Clothes Maketh The Man  Masculinity, The Suit and Mens Fashion  4. The Woman Question: Fashion, Feminism and Fetishism  5. Who Are You Kidding? Children, Fashion and Consumption  6. Express Yourself  The Politics of Dressing Up  7. From Rags to Riches  Fashion Production  8. Desiring Subjects  The Designer Label and the Cult of Celebrity.  Conclusion: The Fashion Invasion

The study of fashion has exploded in recent decades, yet quite what this all means, quite where it might take us, is not clear. This new book helps to bring fashion into focus, with a comprehensive guide to the key theories, perspectives and developments lƒœ