On Fashion

by Shari Benstock and Suzanne Ferriss

Book Overview

Until recently, fashion was considered the "F-word" in intellectual circles, dismissed as unworthy of serious attention. Yet no area of life, no individual moment, stands outside fashion's discourses. Intuitively, we all know that clothing is a language, incessantly communicating messages about its wearer. But who speaks this language, to whom is it addressed, what does it mean, and how are its meanings established and transformed? On Fashion...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813520339
• ISBN13: 9780813520339
• Release Date: February 1994
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.0"