On fashion and fashion discourses

  1. Ana Marta González 1
  1. 1 Universidad de Navarra
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    Universidad de Navarra

    Pamplona, España

    ROR https://ror.org/02rxc7m23

Revista:
Critical Studies in Fashion and Beauty

ISSN: 2040-4417

Año de publicación: 2010

Volumen: 1

Número: 1

Páginas: 65 - 85

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.1386/CSFB.1.1.65_1 GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openAcceso abierto editor

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Resumen

While critical views inherited from the past still influence our appraisal of fashion, its pervasiveness incontemporary society calls for an explanation. In this article I attempt to show how the importance of fashionin our society is the result of a combination of a structurally modern space and Romantic cultural ideals. I conclude that, despite its frivolous appearance, fashion is not only a powerful social indicator, but also aparticular means of bringing together the diverse and often contradictory demands of our human naturethrough a peculiar exercise of practical judgment.