• Protean Images of Fashion: Revaluation of Past Styles in New Settings

    Author(s):
    Alicia Mihalic (see profile)
    Date:
    2016
    Group(s):
    Cultural Studies
    Subject(s):
    Fashion--Study and teaching, Fashion
    Item Type:
    Book chapter
    Tag(s):
    Dress, Fashion History, Retro, Revival, Fashion studies, Fashion theory, Visual studies
    Permanent URL:
    http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/M6Z31NN70
    Abstract:
    Fashion is defined most prominently by its association with perpetual metamorphoses and rapid changes constantly driven by the demand for novelty. Traditionally, fashion mechanisms were known to function cyclically in relation to social ideals and epochs of thought. Following the democratization and decentralization of the fashion system in the twentieth century, these cycles became shorter and shifts in visual expression started moving away towards reinvention and revaluation of the past. Both authentic and reproduced, former styles became acceptable as sources of fashion and notions of time and space had been suspended throughout the postmodern condition giving way to anything-goes aesthetics and fluidity in fashion. The endless rebirth of former styles within the frantic pace of contemporary fashion challenges our perception of fashion semiotics while constantly re-exploring the concepts of "past" and "present".
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    Publisher:
    Cambridge Scholars Publishing
    Pub. Date:
    2016
    Book Title:
    Theorizing Images
    Author/Editor:
    Paic, Z. and Purgar, K. (eds.)
    Page Range:
    245 - 259
    ISBN:
    1-4438-8800-1
    Status:
    Published
    Last Updated:
    5 years ago
    License:
    All Rights Reserved
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