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Fashion-ology : an introduction to fashion studies / Yuniya Kawamura.
By: Kawamura, Yuniya.
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BookSeries: Dress, body, culture: Publisher: London : Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2018Edition: 2nd.Description: Paperback illustrations.ISBN: 9781474278478 (pbk.) :; 1474278477 (pbk.) :.Subject(s): Fashion | Clothing and dress -- Symbolic aspects | Clothing and dress -- Social aspectsGenre/Form: Beauty and Fashion. | Beauty and Fashion.DDC classification: 391 Summary: Yuniya Kawamura provides a concise and much-needed introduction to the sociology of fashion. She argues that clothing is a tangible material product whereas fashion is a symbolic cultural product. She also debunks the myth of 'the genius designer' explaining that fashion is not about clothes but is a belief.
| Item type | Current library | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reservations | |
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| Adult non-fiction book | Birchwood Library History | 391 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 34143110321765 | |||
| Adult non-fiction book | Warrington Library History | 391 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 34143110321757 |
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Previous edition: Oxford: Berg, 2004.
Yuniya Kawamura provides a concise and much-needed introduction to the sociology of fashion. She argues that clothing is a tangible material product whereas fashion is a symbolic cultural product. She also debunks the myth of 'the genius designer' explaining that fashion is not about clothes but is a belief.