Fashion, Culture, and Identity
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Fashion, Culture, and Identity

by Fred Davis

1992•Documentary•226 pages

Taste attributes: documentaryfashionpsychologicalslowfresh & originalheavyrealisticintricatelinearenclosedemotive & stirringsocial commentaryunlikely connections

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Boxlist takeRealistic and serious: an inventive non-fiction book, intricate rather than simple. Best if you like depth over escapism.

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3.5 / 5

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About This Book

What do our clothes say about who we are or who we think we are? How does the way we dress communicate messages about our identity? Is the desire to be "in fashion" universal or unique to Western culture? How do fashions change? These are just a few of the intriguing questions Fred Davis sets out to answer in this provocative look at what we do with our clothes and what they can do to us.

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Where this book sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

DocumentaryFashionPsychologicalSocial commentaryUnlikely connections

Subjects

Social aspects of CostumeGroup identityClothing and dressAspectos socialesSocial aspectsKledingSociale statusAspect social

Details

Author
Fred Davis
Published
1992
Pages
226
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