Chapter 1. Europe and the people without fashion.
The west is not the only focus we should have - not seperate from the rest of the world
Global interconnectedness
Everything is connected, nothing stands totally on its own
Fashion is a global cultural phenomenon
Focus away from the thought that fashion did not exist before the medieval period and the cous on elite dress
Problem with linking advance of civilization with rise of capitalism (Wolf)
he insists of starting the timeline in the 1400 when Europe started expanding outside its geographical boundaries.
europe and the people without history
1990 - No longer only the west, also east. East, China and India
1998: fashion and the adorning of the transnational body
2006 - the tefth of history
2010s - Karen Hansen globalisation and the new world in dress
if we wish to understand fashion beyond Europe we must refrain from thinking that the changes suddenly emerged in the last few decades
eurocentrism
90: Chinese collar, national wear og traditional clothes became in fashion, on the market
Chapter 3.
FASHION SYSTEMS
cultural interchange of fashion
silkeveien
Colonization
fashion not only global, always has been trade between countries etc.
1950 fashion theory actually a field
colonisation, cultural appropriation
exchange not equal
The lexicon of fashion
Late 1700-tall fashion a powerful force in society (future first lady of United States)
- style occasion specific
- varies througout Europe
reminds me of the textile revolution - textile is also art
Fashion terms
fashion
- verb ( to fashion something) and noun (to wear the latest fashion
- 14 meanings
- Latin factio/facere > the act of making/to make
- To make something = to fashion something
i fancy a ... to fashion something ... diffrent words, diffrent contects, makes sense but still sounds weird
fashion involves styles and ways of dressing confident to a moment in time and space
fashion as social fenomenon, upper class
fashion is changing styles of dress and appearance that are adopted by a group of people at any given time and place
dominating adoption pattern of a group of people in a particular geographical location
dress
more including
intertviened with fashion
the field is changing, the meaning of the word changes with it
for some fashion is a subset of the dominant category of dress.
cultural theorists: fashion has emerged as the preferred term.
clothing
limiting term. does not include body modification. Means design, manufaturing and sale
before was textile and clothing used as the same , now textile and fashion.
costume
"costume refers to dress worn to present an identity other than that projected on a day to day basis.
toilette, apparel, habit
description fashion: taste, style, fad, classic, trend,
opposite: unfashionable, ritual dress, uniforms.
recommended terminology:
red thread: change, cycle,
fashion, instead of costume or dress cultural appropriation
tiktok african styles in western fabric
https://www.tiktok.com/@okbaddiek/video/7417897587711167749
