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The Geographies of Fashion Louise Crewe (University of Nottingham, UK)

The Geographies of Fashion By Louise Crewe (University of Nottingham, UK)

The Geographies of Fashion by Louise Crewe (University of Nottingham, UK)


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The Geographies of Fashion: Consumption, Space, and Value by Louise Crewe (University of Nottingham, UK)

Clothes are inherently geographical objects, yet few of us consider the social and economic significance of their journey from design to production to consumption. The Geographies of Fashion is the first in-depth study of fashion economies from a geographers perspective, exploring the complex relationship between our attachment to the clothes we own, love and desire, and their geographic and economic ties. How far does a garment physically travel from factory to wardrobe? How do clothes come to have social or economic value and who or what creates it? What are the geographies of fashion and how do they interact with one another? This ground-breaking book powerfully reframes fashion spaces, from the body to the city, digital or virtual space to material production, positioning fashion at the centre of contemporary culture and collective identities. Combining contemporary theoretical approaches with a cutting-edge analysis of international fashion brands and institutions including Maison Martin Margiela, Zara, Louis Vuitton, ASOS and Savile Row, The Geographies of Fashion is essential reading for students of fashion, geography and related disciplines including sociology, architecture and design.

The Geographies of Fashion Reviews

In Louise Crewes extraordinary new book, fashion becomes the privileged lens through which to explore how we inhabit, interpret and understand the modern worlds geography. The Geographies of Fashion opens up a broader unexplored spatial landscape to question and investigate notions of habitation, intimacy, memory and identity. -- Francesca Murialdo, Middlesex University, UK.
A much-needed analysis from a highly respected author, which explores the spatial dimension of fashion through carefully chosen case studies and examples. Both clear and insightful, it will be key reading for students interested in fashion, consumption, and cultural geography. -- Joanne Entwistle, Kings College London, UK.
A vital intervention in fashion scholarship from a cultural geographer whose writing here - as always - both ranges across and carefully brings together scholarship from different disciplines. -- Pamela Church Gibson, London College of Fashion, University of the Arts London, UK.
Combining contemporary theoretical approaches with a cutting-edge analysis of international fashion brands and institutions including Maison Martin Margiela, Zara, Louis Vuitton, ASOS and Savile Row,The Geographies of Fashion is essential reading for students of fashion, geography and related disciplines including sociology, architecture and design. * ADDRESS: Journal for Fashion Criticism *

About Louise Crewe (University of Nottingham, UK)

Louise Crewe is Professor of Human Geography at the University of Nottingham, UK.

Table of Contents

1. Figuring out the Geographies of Fashion 2. Fashioning the Global City: Architecture and the Building of Fashion Space 3. Fast Fashion, Global Spaces and Bio-commodification 4. Slow Fashion and Investment Consumption 5. Luxury Fashion: Flagships, Singularity and the Hidden Art of Value Creation 6. Possessed: Evocative Objects, Materiality and Meaning 7. Soft:Ware:Wear:Where: Convergence, Disintermediation and Virtual Fashion Worlds Bibliography Index

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NPB9781472589569
9781472589569
1472589564
The Geographies of Fashion: Consumption, Space, and Value by Louise Crewe (University of Nottingham, UK)
New
Hardback
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
2017-03-23
200
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