{"product_id":"fashion-jennifer-craik-9781845204525","title":"Fashion: The Key Concepts","description":"Fashion is everywhere. It is one of the main ways in which we present ourselves to others, signaling what we want to communicate about our sexuality, wealth, professionalism, subcultural and political allegiances, social status, even our mood. It is also a global industry with huge economic, political and cultural impact on the lives of all of us who make, sell, wear or even just watch fashion.Fashion: the key concepts presents a clear introduction to the complex world of fashion. The aim throughout is to present a comprehensive but also accessible and provocative analysis. Readers will discover how the fashion industry is structured and how it thinks, the links between catwalk, celebrity branding, media promotion and mainstream retail, how clothes mean different things in different parts of the world, and how popular culture influences fashion and how fashion shapes global culture.Illustrated with a wealth of photographs, the text is further enlivened with over 30 detailed and rich case studies - ranging across topics as diverse as the meaning of black in fashion, the rise of celebrity branding, the cult of thinness, the politics of veiling, the eroticism of shoes and the power of cosmetics.Features:   Boxed chapter overviews open each chapter  Bullet points summarizing key ideas conclude each chapter  Chapter discussions are illustrated with integrated case material  Each chapter is supported by extended Case Studies  Key words are highlighted in chapters and defined in an extensive Glossary  Further Reading guides the reader to other literature  A timeline of Fashion Milestones provides a chronology of major events in the history of fashion\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jennifer Craik\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1845204522\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781845204525\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 396\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.90h x 8.00w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2010","brand":"Jennifer Craik","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43991152492799,"sku":"9781845204525","price":49.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_11673a69-38ee-48b5-8db0-5177ff137054.jpg?v=1683308734","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/fashion-jennifer-craik-9781845204525","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}