Kunst- und Kulturgeschichte Archive • Talk Slow

Sustainable Fashion – Past, Present and Future

Lotte — Sat, 09 Jan 2021 23:57:14 +0000

Sustainable Fashion provides a unique and accessible overview of fashion ethics and sustainability issues of the past, present and future. This book is the first to situate today’s eco-fashion movement in its multifaceted historical context and explore the historical relationship between fashion and the environment as far back as the early nineteenth century. Employing an expanded definition of sustainability that also considers ethical issues, Farley and Hill explore each stage of the fashion production cycle, from the cultivation of raw fibers to the shipment of the finished garment. Structured thematically, each of the six chapters is dedicated to the discussion of one major issue, from recycling and repurposing to labour practices and the treatment of animals. Including interviews with eco-fashion designers, Sustainable Fashion will appeal to students and scholars of fashion, as well as students of design, history and cultural studies.

Jennifer Farley Gordon is a PhD student in the Apparel, Merchandising, and Design program at Iowa State University, and serves as a graduate research assistant in the Textiles and Clothing Museum. From 2008 until 2013, she was an assistant curator at The Museum at FIT, New York City, USA.
Colleen Hill is Associate Curator of Accessories at The Museum at FIT, New York City, USA.

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The Dangers of Fashion – Towards Ethical and Sustainable Solutions

Lotte — Sat, 09 Jan 2021 23:28:22 +0000

From sweatshops to fur farming, from polluting chemicals to painful garments, the fashion industry is associated with activities which have had devastating effects on workers, consumers, and the natural world. This ground-breaking volume provides a framework for examining the ethical, social, and environmental dangers that arise as fashion products are designed, manufactured, distributed, and sold within retail outlets, before being consumed and disposed of. Encompassing the cultural, psychological, and physiological aspects of fashion, it offers a comprehensive exploration of the hazards of a global industry.

Drawing together an international team of leading textile and apparel experts, The Dangers of Fashion presents original perspectives on a wide range of topics from piracy and counterfeiting to human trafficking; from the effects of globalization on local industry to the peer pressure that governs contemporary ideals of beauty. Rooted in research into industry and consumer practices, it discusses innovative solutions–both potential and existing–to fashion’s dangers and moral dilemmas from the viewpoint of individuals, companies, societies, and the global community.

Sara B. Marcketti is Director of the Center of Excellence in Learning and Teaching and Professor of Apparel, Events, and Hospitality Management at Iowa State University, USA
Elena E. Karpova is Putnam and Hayes Distinguished Professor of Consumer, Apparel, and Retail Studies at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, USA

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Das antikapitalistische Buch der Mode

Lotte — Sat, 09 Jan 2021 22:58:28 +0000

Mode macht Spaß. Mode verleiht Macht. Mode ist das Lieblingskind des Kapitalismus. Mode ist ebenso großartig und spannend, wie das System dahinter schmutzig und zerstörerisch ist. Die britische Journalistin Tansy Hoskins leuchtet das Geschäft mit der Mode in seinen dunklen Ecken aus. Von Haute Couture bis H&M, von Karl Marx bis Karl Lagerfeld erzählt sie über die Entstehung des Phänomens Massenmode, über Körper und Kapitalismus, Werbung und Widerstand.
Erfrischend und nie belehrend kritisiert Tansy Hoskins, was Mode mit uns Konsumenten macht: Junge Leute, die über Nacht vor den Nike-Shops Schlange stehen, um das neueste Paar Turnschuhe zu ergattern. Frauen, die hungern für »size zero«. Ist Mode rassistisch, oder warum ist sie eigentlich immer noch ein »weißes« Geschäft? Und was tun gegen das schwarze Loch des Wollens, das nie verschwindet, egal, wie viel man shoppen geht.
Schritt für Schritt entwirrt dieses Buch die Fäden, aus denen das Business gestrickt ist, und es zeigt Wege in eine andere Richtung auf, für faire Produktion, Umweltschutz oder die Emanzipation von gefährlichen Schönheitsidealen. Tansy Hoskins will die Mode revolutionieren, gerade weil sie Mode liebt!

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Why Fashion Matters

Lotte — Sat, 09 Jan 2021 21:49:40 +0000

Fashion matters for the economy, to society, and to each of us personally. Faster than anything else, what we wear tells the story of who we are or who we want to be. It is the most immediate form of self-expression.Yet even as fashion touches the lives of each and every one of us, its influence and the vast creative industry that it supports can seem mysterious to outsiders.

In Why Fashion Matters Frances Corner, Head of London College of Fashion, guides readers into the dizzying world of this rapidly expanding, increasingly global, always exciting industry. In provocative and intriguing entries, Corner teases out the glorious intricacies and contradictions of an industry that simultaneously values
technology and craft;
timeless style and fast fashion;
the bespoke and the mass-market;
consumption and sustainability;
cold, hard numbers;
and creative expression.

From Shop ‚til We Drop to The White Shirt to The One Trillion Dollar Business each entry offers a unique avenue into fashion and its impact, both positive and negative, on lives around the globe.

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The Psychology of Fashion

Lotte — Sat, 09 Jan 2021 21:43:17 +0000

The Psychology of Fashion offers an insightful introduction to the exciting and dynamic world of fashion in relation to human behaviour, from how clothing can affect our cognitive processes to the way retail environments manipulate consumer behaviour. The book explores how fashion design can impact healthy body image, how psychology can inform a more sustainable perspective on the production and disposal of clothing, and why we develop certain shopping behaviours.

With fashion imagery ever present in the streets, press and media, The Psychology of Fashion shows how fashion and psychology can make a positive difference to our lives.

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Social Psychology of Dress

Lotte — Sat, 09 Jan 2021 21:36:14 +0000

Social Psychology of Dress presents and explains the major theories and concepts that are important to understanding relationships between dress and human behavior. These concepts and theories are derived from such disciplines as sociology, psychology, anthropology, communication, and textiles and clothing. Information presented will provide summaries of empirical research, as well as examples from current events or popular culture. The book provides a broad-based and inclusive discussion of the social psychology of dress, including:

– The study of dress and how to do it
– Cultural topics such as cultural patterns including technology, cultural complexity, normative order, aesthetics, hygiene, ethnicity, ritual
– Societal topics such as family, economy-occupation, social organizations and sports, fraternal organizations
– Individual-focused theories on deviance, personality variables, self, values, body image and social cognition
– Coverage of key theories related to dress and identity provide a strong theoretical foundation for further research

Unique chapter features bring in industry application and current events. The end-of-chapter summaries, discussion questions and activities give students opportunities to study and research dress.

Teaching resources including an instructor’s guide, test bank and PowerPoint presentations with full-color versions of images from the textbook.

Social Psychology of Dress STUDIO
– Study smarter with self-quizzes featuring scored results and personalized study tips
– Review concepts with flashcards of essential vocabulary
– Download worksheets to complete chapter activities

PLEASE NOTE: Purchasing or renting this ISBN does not include access to the STUDIO resources that accompany this text. To receive free access to the STUDIO content with new copies of this book, please refer to the book + STUDIO access card bundle ISBN 9781501330711.

Preface
PART ONE: INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF DRESS
1. Why Study Dress?
2. Origins and Functions of Dress
3. Conducting Research on Dress
PART TWO: PSYCHOLOGICAL/SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGICAL PER-SPECTIVES ON DRESS
4. Dress and Social Cognition
5. Dress and Impression Formation
6. Dress and Physical Appearance
7. Dress and Body Image
8. Dress and Personality
9. Dress and the Self
PART THREE: SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES ON DRESS
10. Dress and Identity
11. Dress and Socialization
12. Dress and Social Groups
PART FOUR: ANTHROPOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES ON DRESS
13. Dress and Cultural Aesthetics
14. Dress and Cultural Rituals
Glossary
Index
Credits

About The Authors

Sharron J. Lennon is Professor and Director of Graduate Studies at Indiana University, USA.
Kim K. P. Johnson is Professor of Design and Retail Merchandising in the Department of Design, Housing, and Apparel at the University of Minnesota, USA.
Nancy Rudd is Faculty Emeritus in the Department of Human Sciences at Ohio State University, USA.

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Wardrobe Crisis: How We Went from Sunday Best to Fast Fashion

Lotte — Sat, 09 Jan 2021 21:28:46 +0000

Who makes your clothes? This used to be an easy question to answer: it was the seamstress next door, or the tailor on the high street – or you made them yourself. Today we rarely know the origins of the clothes hanging in our closets. The local shoemaker, dressmaker and milliner are long gone, replaced by a globalised fashion industry worth $1.5 trillion a year.

In Wardrobe Crisis, fashion journalist Clare Press explores the history and ethics behind what we wear. Putting her insider status to good use, Press examines the entire fashion ecosystem, from sweatshops to haute couture, unearthing the roots of today’s buy-and-discard culture. She traces the origins of icons like Chanel, Dior and Hermès; charts the rise and fall of the department store; and follows the thread that led us from Marie Antoinette to Carrie Bradshaw.

From a time when Ralph Lauren and Calvin Klein were just two boys from the Bronx, to the world of the global fashion juggernaut, where Zara’s parent company produces more than 900 million garments annually, Press takes us on an insider’s journey of discovery and revelation.

Wardrobe Crisis is a witty and persuasive argument for a fashion revolution that will empower you to feel good about your wardrobe again.

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The Golden Thread – How Fabric Changed History

Lotte — Sat, 09 Jan 2021 20:12:27 +0000

From colorful threads found on the floor of an ancient Georgian cave to the Indian calicoes that fueled the Industrial Revolution, The Golden Thread illuminates the myriad and fascinating histories behind the cloths that came to define human civilization-the fabric, for example, that allowed mankind to shatter athletic records, and the textile technology that granted us the power to survive in space. Exploring the enduring association of textiles with „women’s work,“ Kassia St. Clair „spins a rich social history . . . that also reflects the darker side of technology“ (Rachel Newcomb, Washington Post).

Kassia St. Clair is a journalist and author who has written about design and culture for publications including the Economist, Elle, and the Times Literary Supplement. The author of The Secret Lives of Color, St. Clair lives in London.

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