ISBN:
9781405199902
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (361 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Series Statement:
Philosophy for Everyone
Series Statement:
Philosophy for Everyone Ser. v.52
Parallel Title:
Print version Fashion - Philosophy for Everyone : Thinking with Style
DDC:
391.001
Keywords:
Fashion -- Philosophy
;
Clothing and dress -- Philosophy
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
If you just can't decide what to wear, this enlightening guide will lead you through the diverse and sometimes contradictory aspects of fashion in a series of lively, entertaining and thoughtful essays from prominent philosophers and writers. A unique and enlightening insight into the underlying philosophy behind the power of fashion Contributions address issues in fashion from a variety of viewpoints, including aesthetics, the nature of fashion and fashionability, ethics, gender and identity politics, and design Includes a foreword by Jennifer Baumgardner, feminist author, activist and cultur
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Editor's page; Series page; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; FOREWORD; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; Who Cares about Fashion?; Being Fashionable and Being Cool; Fashion, Style, and Design; Fashion, Identity, and Freedom; Can We Be Ethical and Fashionable?; PART 1: BEING FASHIONABLE AND BEING COOL; CHAPTER 1: WHAT MAKES SOMETHING FASHIONABLE?; What Can Be Fashionable? From Pugs to Poodle Skirts; Do Masses Matter? Robinson Crusoe's Runway; Do Experts Matter? Khaki Glory; Do Intentions Matter? Accidental Chic; Do Aesthetics Matter? Form Over Function
Description / Table of Contents:
Does Identity Matter? Tribal ColorsDoes Timing Matter? To Everything, There is a Season; Conclusion: What Matters?; CHAPTER 2: FASHION, ILLUSION, AND ALIENATION; What Is It To Be Fashionable?; Appearing Fashionable; Two Concepts of Fashion; Fashion and Alienation; The Metaphysics of Fashion; CHAPTER 3: TRYHARDS, FASHION VICTIMS, AND EFFORTLESS COOL; Being Fashionable; Tryhards and Fashion Victims; Effortless Cool; Self-effacing Goals; PART 2: FASHION, STYLE, AND DESIGN; CHAPTER 4: THE AESTHETICS OF DESIGN; Design as Problem-Solving or Design as Fashion?
Description / Table of Contents:
The Rise of Design As a Profession: Is Design a Response to Consumerism?Consumerism, Self-expression, and The "Invention" of Design; Consumerism Is Not Essential to Design; Were Neolithic Flint Tools Designed?; Can We Avoid Designing? - The Idea of "Useless Work"; The Function and Value of Fashion; CHAPTER 5: SHARE THE FANTASY; Chanel No. 5 and Perfume Fashions; Coco Mademoiselle Ads; Male Perfume Ads; Celebrity Perfumes by Women of Color; Perfume Aesthetics, Erotics, and Ethics; Resisting the Fantasy: Erotics and Commodity Fetishism; CHAPTER 6: COMPUTATIONAL COUTURE; The Fashion
Description / Table of Contents:
Cyborgs and SupermodelsPART 3: FASHION, IDENTITY, AND FREEDOM; CHAPTER 7: WEARING YOUR VALUES ON YOUR SLEEVE; CHAPTER 8: FASHION AND SEXUAL IDENTITY, OR WHY RECOGNITION MATTERS; The Sexual Citizen, Rights to Recognition, and Visibility as a Strategy; CHAPTER 9: SLAVES TO FASHION?; Objectification; Physical Bonds?; Moral Bonds?; Epistemological Bonds?; The Upshot; CHAPTER 10: FASHION DOLLS AND FEMINISM; What Is Paradigmatic Barbie Doll Play?; Barbie's Influence in Cultural Context; What Should Feminists Make of Barbie?; Reinventing Barbie Play; PART 4: CAN WE BE ETHICAL AND FASHIONABLE?
Description / Table of Contents:
CHAPTER 11: SWEATSHOPS AND CYNICISMThe Sweated Worker; The Inevitability Argument; Justifying the Conditions; Sweating Women; Cynical Choices; CHAPTER 12: WOMEN SHOPPING AND WOMEN SWEATSHOPPING; To Shop or Not to Shop? That is The Question; Do Prestigious, Ivy League, Male Philosophers Ever Think About Clothes? Yes! (Well, Sort Of); Individual Responsibility Only Seems to Fit In Extra Small; Are Americans Boorish Butterflies?; Am I Responsible for The Suffering of The World's Poor?; CHAPTER 13: A TASTE FOR FASHION; Philosophers' Denigration of Fashion; Taste and Style; Genius
Description / Table of Contents:
Love of Beauty as A Moral (Or Proto-moral) Motive
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