Fashion-ology: An Introduction to Fashion Studies

Title Page\nCopyright Page\nContents\nAcknowledgments\nChapter 1 Introduction\n	Etymology of fashion\n	Fashion as a concept and a phenomenon\n	Proponents and opponents of fashion\n	Studies of fashion in social science\n	Outline of the book\n	Guide to further reading\nChapter 2 Sociological Discourse and Empirical Studies of Fashion\n	Classical sociological discourse of fashion\n	Fashion, modernity, and social mobility\n	The origin of the fashion phenomenon\n	Contemporary sociological studies of fashion\n	Fashion and the sociology of culture\n	Fashion as a manufactured cultural symbol\n	Youth fashion, subcultures, and technology\n	Conclusion\n	Guide to further reading\nChapter 3 Fashion as an Institutionalized System\n	Theoretical framework of Fashion-ology\n	Fashion as a myth supported by the system\n	Different approaches to fashion systems\n	The beginning of the fashion system\n	Fashion production as collective activity\n	Empirical study: The French fashion system as a prototype\n	Conclusion\n	Guide to further reading\nChapter 4 Designers: The Personification of Fashion\n	Designers in the studies of fashion\n	Designers, creativity, and social structure\n	Legitimation of the designer’s creativity\n	The star system of designers\n	Hierarchy among designers in the fashion system\n	Conclusion\n	Guide to further reading\nChapter 5 The production, Gatekeeping, and Diffusion of Fashion\n	Diffusion theories of fashion\n	Gatekeepers: Making aesthetic judgments\n	Diffusion strategies from fashion dolls to fashion shows\n	Fashion propaganda through advertising\n	Conclusion\n	Guide to further reading\nChapter 6 The Adoption and Consumption of Fashion\n	Consumption: A historical perspective\n	Consuming fashion as symbolic strategy\n	Consumption and social status\n	Conclusion\n	Guide to further reading\nChapter 7 Youth Subcultural Fashion as an Alternative System\n	The theoretical foundation of subcultures\n	Post-subcultural theories and contemporary youth subcultures\n	A systemic approach to youth subcultures and fashion\n	Punk as a prototype of a less structured alternative fashion system\n	The internal mechanism of the alternative fashion system\n	Conclusion\n	Guide to further reading\nChapter 8 The Impact of Technology in the Changing Fashion Systems\n	Trickle-across theory in practice: A collapse of categorical boundaries\n	A changing occupational structure in fashion\n	The decentralization of fashion geography from Paris to the world\n	Conclusion\n	Guide to further reading\nConclusion\nAppendix: Practical guide to sociological research in fashion and dress\n	Research process\nNotes\n	Chapter 1\n	Chapter 3\n	Chapter 4\n	Chapter 5\nBibliography\nIndex