The Fashion Reader

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In The Fashion Reader, Linda Welters and Abby Lillethun have selected 76 influential articles to offer insight into the critical theories and conversations that surround this huge international industry. Many of the essays are drawn from books, journals, magazines, and exhibition catalogues, bringing together new and established concepts to offer a solid grounding in the history, business and culture of fashion. Fourteen of the chapters were written expressly for this edition. For added context, each of the fifteen parts has an introduction from the editors, guiding you through the interdisciplinary world of fashion studies, and each part concludes with suggestions for further reading. This third edition has been substantially revised to highlight issues of sustainability, identity, the body, as well as global perspectives from The Commodification of Ethnicity to The Cultural Heritage of Tattooing.

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An engaging text that unpacks the interdisciplinary nature of the global fashion system with considerations of time, place, and context. Readers will gain new and critical insights into the ways various fields such as economics, psychology, geography, politics, art, culture, and business influence fashioned identities and communities. -- Kelly Reddy-Best, Iowa State University, USA
Historically informed and critically integrated, The Fashion Reader sheds fresh light on key concepts in fashion studies: time, space/place, identity, and globalization. * Susan Kaiser, University of California at Davis (from 1st edition) *
A panoramic collection of current and classic texts and an excellent introduction to fashion . . . from history, cultural identity, gender, through to the business, economics, manufacturing and marketing of fashion. * Pammi Sinha, University of Manchester (from 1st edition) *
Presenting rich, diverse, and significant essays, The Fashion Reader will contribute to and expand the study of fashion. * Theresa M. Winge, Indiana University (from 1st edition) *
An invaluable resource that covers Fashion Studies' range of disciplines and approaches, The Fashion Reader will invigorate the growing field of fashion. * Patrik Aspers, Stockholm University (from 1st edition) *
This is a useful starting point that demonstrates the richness of the subject, indicates the diverse themes to be explored, and the variety of approaches it is possible to take in examining both contemporary and historical fashion. * Costume, Vol 42, 2008 (from 1st edition) *

Author Bio

Linda Welters is Professor of Textiles, Fashion Merchandising and Design at the University of Rhode Island, USA. She is the editor of the Bloomsbury series Textiles That Changed the World. Abby Lillethun is Professor and Chair of the Department of Art and Design at Montclair State University, USA. She co-authored Fashion History: A Global View (2018) with Linda Welters.