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Autore |
Entwistle Joanne |
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Titolo |
The aesthetic economy of fashion [[electronic resource] ] : markets and value in clothing and modelling / / Joanne Entwistle |
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Oxford ; ; New York, : Berg, 2009 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-07975-5 |
9786613079756 |
1-84788-747-3 |
0-85785-148-9 |
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Edizione |
[English ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (377 p.) |
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Collana |
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Dress, body, culture, , 1360-466X |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Clothing trade |
Fashion |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; PART I: UNDERSTANDING AESTHETIC MARKETS; 2 An Aesthetic Marketplace: Assembling 'Economy' and 'Culture'; 3 The Aesthetic Economy: The Production of Value in the Field of Fashion Modelling; PART II: FASHION BUYING: A CASE STUDY; 4 Introduction to Case Study; 5 Understanding High Fashion: Retailing and Buying; 6 Markets in Motion: Fashion Temporality and Materiality; 7 Tacit Aesthetic Knowledge: The Fashion Sense and Sensibility of Fashion Buyers; 8 The Cultural Economy of Fashion Buying; Conclusion |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Fashion is bound up with promoting the 'new', concerned with constantly changing aesthetics. The favoured styles or looks of a season arise out of the work of a vast range of different actors who collectively produce, select, distribute and promote the new ideals, before moving on to next season. How, then, are fashionable commodities stabilized long enough for them to be selected, distributed and sold? Since there are few studies that actually examine |
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