Fashion Theory: A Reader (Routledge Student Readers)

I am working on a major essay on the history and meanings of fashion and this book includes a number of detailed essays by key authors in the field. I would have not found and afforded the book without Amazon service.

Very comprehensive. A good text for a fashion programme.

A very complete book, all theories in the book look at fashion from a different perspective.

Was bought as a gift for my granddaughter who is absolutely delighted with it. Essay collection seemed excellent to me as well.

'fashion theory' is a rich source book about fashion sociology and history what I really wanted to look at it.This is very well organised for students and scholars studying fashionology.

This really is an essential addition to the bookcase: Malcolm Barnard has done an amazing job of selecting must-read essays on fashion.It includes classic readings from Barthes, Veblen, Elizabeth Wilson, Umberto Eco, Ulrich Lehmann, Tamsin Blanchard, Fred Davis, Joanne Entwhistle, Valerie Steele, Freud and more. It is a college-level book, and a few sections may be a challenging read: the great thing is this doesn't matter. This is a book you can dip into, and take in as much as you can, from different authors at different times. As your understanding of fashion grows you will enjoy getting new things from familiar passages, and delving into some of the ones you found a bit perplexing earlier.This is a big, comprehensive book: 48 essays, 600+ pages. The book is in 12 sections;Fashion and fashion theoriesFashion and history/fashion in historyWhat fashion is and is notWhat fashion and clothing doFashion as communicationFashion: identity and difference (Sex and gender, social class, ethnicity and race, culture and subculture)Fashion, clothes and the bodyProduction and consumptionModern fashionPost-modern fashionFashion and (the) imageFashion, fetish and the eroticI would call this the first fashion theory book anyone should buy: before 'Fashion and Modernity', before 'The Culture of Fashion', before Welters' and Lillethus' 'The Fashion Reader'. I would recommend this book to anyone studying fashion design or fashion theory (including at graduate level), as well as anyone interested in material culture in society. You do not have to be a college student to enjoy reading this: anyone who enjoys thinking more deeply about how garments function in our culture will derive an enormous amount of enjoyment from this book. My favourite buy for the 21st century so far!

Complete and thorough book on the theory of fashion made of a wide range of papers on diverse aspects of the subject.

I bought this book for my university course in fashion publishing. It said "used" but I can say for sure it's basically new. No highlighter, no pen notes, absolutely immaculate.Thanks!

After having my first order cancelled because of a problem with the supplier (probably not amazons fault, but they could have suggested an alternative supplier rather than just sending an email saying it wouldnt arrive and I had to reorder it, oh well) I reordered it and it arrived really quickly, in good condition. Lots of useful texts for my fashion history course, Id recommend it