The face of fashion

Author: Jennifer Craik
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Publish Date: 2000-03-01
Features: This book reanalyzes the phenomenon of fashion. It distinguishes between elite fashion and everyday fashion, arguing that there is no direct derivative relationship between the two. While appropriately connecting elite fashion with cultural motivations reflected in economic and political environments, the book also aims to accurately compare everyday fashion with other fashion systems, including those in non-European and non-capitalist cultures. The book reanalyzes the phenomenon of fashion. It distinguishes between elite fashion and everyday fashion, arguing that there is no direct derivative relationship between the two. While appropriately connecting elite fashion with cultural motivations reflected in economic and political environments, the book also aims to accurately compare everyday fashion with other fashion systems, including those in non-European and non-capitalist cultures. The book includes: Fashion and the Exotic, Exotic Themes in Western Fashion, The Fashioning of Women: Technologies of Feminine Charm, From Woman to Feminine, Fashion Models: Female Bodies and Female Icons, Supermodels and the Super Body, The Rules of Pornography, The State of Undressing: From Underwear to Swimsuits, The Pornographic Secrets of Underwear, Trendy Swimsuits, The Features of Makeup: The Technology of Cosmetics and Perfumes, The Desire for Perfume, Men Who Are Not Fashionable.