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Fashion - Philosophy for Everyone
Thinking with Style

Fritz Allhoff (Series edited by), Jessica Wolfendale (Edited by), Jeanette Kennett (Edited by), Jennifer Baumgardner (Foreword by)

9781405199902, Wiley

Paperback / softback, published 12 August 2011

240 pages
23.1 x 15.2 x 1.8 cm, 0.363 kg

“Summing Up: Recommended.  Lower-division undergraduates through graduate students; general readers.  (Choice, 1 August 2012)

"All in all, this is a valuable text not just because of the marriage of the academic with the everyday, but because of the diverse issues that it touches on. It's a well-rounded effort and even the most jaded fashion person will find something new between its covers." (The Licentiate, 26 September 2011)

 

If you just can't decide what to wear, this enlightening guide will lead you through the diverse and sometimes contradictory aspects of fashion in a series of lively, entertaining and thoughtful essays from prominent philosophers and writers.

  • A unique and enlightening insight into the underlying philosophy behind the power of fashion
  • Contributions address issues in fashion from a variety of viewpoints, including aesthetics, the nature of fashion and fashionability, ethics, gender and identity politics, and design
  • Includes a foreword by Jennifer Baumgardner, feminist author, activist and cultural critic, editor of Ms magazine (1993-7) and regular contributor to major women's magazines including Glamour and Marie-Claire

Foreword ix
Jennifer Baumgardner

Acknowledgments xiii

Introduction 1
Jessica Wolfendale and Jeanette Kennett

Part 1 Being Fashionable and Being Cool 13

1 What Makes Something Fashionable? 15
Anya Farennikova and Jesse Prinz

2 Fashion, Illusion, and Alienation 31
Nick Zangwill

3 Tryhards, Fashion Victims, and Effortless Cool 37
Luke Russell

Part 2 Fashion, Style, and Design 51

4 The Aesthetics of Design 53
Andy Hamilton

5 Share the Fantasy: Perfume Advertising, Fashion, and Desire 70
Cynthia A. Freeland

6 Computational Couture: From Cyborgs to Supermodels 88
Ada Brunstein

Part 3 Fashion, Identity, and Freedom 103

 7 Wearing Your Values on Your Sleeve 105
 Daniel Yim

 8 Fashion and Sexual Identity, or Why Recognition Matters 120
 Samantha Brennan

 9 Slaves to Fashion? 135
Lauren Ashwell and Rae Langton

10 Fashion Dolls and Feminism: How Do You Solve a Problem Like Barbie? 151
Louise Collins

Part 4 Can We Be Ethical and Fashionable? 167

11 Sweatshops and Cynicism 169
Matthew F. Pierlott

12 Women Shopping and Women Sweatshopping: Individual Responsibility for Consumerism 18
Lisa Cassidy

13 A Taste for Fashion 199
Marguerite La Caze

Notes on Contributors 215

Subject Areas: Philosophy [HP]
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