On fashion and fashion discourses
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Universidad de Navarra
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ISSN: 2040-4417
Any de publicació: 2010
Volum: 1
Número: 1
Pàgines: 65 - 85
Tipus: Article
Altres publicacions en: Critical Studies in Fashion and Beauty
Resum
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.