When clothes become fashion : design and innovation systems / Ingrid Loschek ; translated into English by Lucinda Rennison.

When, how and why do clothes become fashion? Fashion is more than mere clothing. It is a moment of invention, a distillation of desire, a reflection of a zeitgeist. It is also economically relevant relying on an intricate network of manufacture, marketing and retail. Fashion is both medium and messa...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Bloomsbury)
Main Author: Loschek, Ingrid (Author)
Other Authors: Rennison, Lucinda (Translator)
Other title:Wann is Mode? English.
Format: eBook
Language:English
German
Published: Oxford : Berg Publishers, 2010.
Edition:First edition.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Part I. Fashion Theory ; 1. Does Fashion Need a Theory? ; 2. Textiles as Material ; 3. Clothes as Form ; 4. Fashion as System
  • Part II. Invention and Innovation ; 5. When is Invention? ; 6. When is Creativity?
  • Part III. When Clothes Become Fashion ; 7. When is Fashion? ; 8. When is Fashion Art? ; 9. When is Fashion Design?