Fashion through History

Fashion through History
Author: Giovanna Motta
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Total Pages: 667
Release: 2018-06-11
Genre: Design
ISBN: 1527511960

This book arises from an international conference held at Sapienza University in Rome, Italy, in May 2015, and it includes papers by important Italian scholars of fashion. It is dedicated to one of the main indicators of social change, fashion, analysed within different scientific fields, historical periods, and geographical areas. This volume deals with issues of economy and fashion, copyright, industrial designs, trademarks, trade secrets, and patents, as well as new communication devices and strategies in the era of increasing globalization and market integration. Contributions analyze fashion blogs, fashion communication strategies, relations between fashion and technology, social media, grass-roots communication, social and cultural aspects of digital technologies, mobile fashion applications, and the dynamic fashion system in the virtual world. Visual identification symbols of fashion details, such as the Catalan hat or the Basque beret, the concept of “Made in Italy” and its success in the world, and new materials and technological innovations are also explored.

The Responsible Fashion Company

The Responsible Fashion Company
Author: Francesca Romana Rinaldi
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 157
Release: 2017-09-08
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1351285866

In The Responsible Fashion Company, Rinaldi and Testa argue that the fashion industry is at a crossroads: the need for a global shift to a sustainable model has never been more urgent. Yet, they demonstrate that we are witnessing a revolution led by conscious consumers and enlightened companies, who are redefining the rules of the fashion market. The question is: when will the rest of the industry catch up? Rinaldi and Testa raise a fundamental but often neglected issue in the fashion sustainability debate: long-term equilibrium can only be achieved by integrating economic goals with environmental, social and ethical values. "The Responsible Fashion Company" provides a clear overview of the theory, challenges and opportunities of sustainability in the industry and demonstrates how fashion companies can achieve competitive advantage through sustainable innovation. The authors show how leading fashion companies are challenging traditional thinking and present inspiring examples from pioneers such as Gucci, Levi's, Timberland and Brunello Cucinelli, who create quality products without leaving a negative impact behind.Refreshing and timely, The Responsible Fashion Company is essential reading for the socially conscious consumer and anyone with a professional or personal interest in the fashion, design and luxury industries.

Tailoring Identities in Victorian Literature

Tailoring Identities in Victorian Literature
Author: Chiara Battisti
Publisher: Frank & Timme GmbH
Total Pages: 171
Release: 2023-05-12
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 373290959X

Tailoring Identities in Victorian Literature is a compelling exploration of the representation of clothing in Victorian literature. The author argues that the study of fashion and clothing can contribute to a deeper understanding of literary texts and their contexts. While fashion has often been associated with frivolity, this volume sheds light on the novel possibilities that can arise from the intersection of literary analysis with fashion theory, revealing fashion as a system of meaning that reflects deep social and cultural transformations, and offering new and innovative directions in research and literary analysis. Tailoring Identities in Victorian Literature draws on the conceptual framework of fashion theory to investigate novels in which the fashion system organises the signs of the dressed body, almost as if forging its own language. Focusing on the Victorian period, pivotal period in fashion history, the volume offers a rich and nuanced account of the complex relationship between clothing, literature, and identity, in nineteenth-century literature.

Digital Fashion Media

Digital Fashion Media
Author: Giulia Rossi
Publisher: Edizioni Nuova Cultura
Total Pages: 214
Release: 2018-10-01
Genre: Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN: 8833651045

Il volume presenta una panoramica degli studi sui digital fashion media, dagli inizi a oggi, con un salto nel passato riferito ai giornali cartacei, per capire come questo universo sia cambiato e che direzione prenderà in futuro. Vengono riportati alcuni esempi editoriali di successo e le biografie di personaggi chiave dell’editoria di moda. Lo studio approfondisce l’ambito dei digital media analizzandone la storia e le maggiori tendenze attuali, dal civic journalism al brand (journalism), legandoli all’ambito della moda, ma considerandoli anche in una prospettiva più vasta. Viene sviluppata una riflessione a partire dai grandi cambiamenti vissuti dall’editoria di moda dopo la digital revolution e le difficoltà a ridefinire compiutamente mestieri e competenze di un mondo in costante trasformazione. Prendendo a prestito il noto esempio dell’ornitorinco di Umberto Eco, l’autrice crea un parallelo con le nuove professioni della moda, sottolineando gli aspetti critici del passaggio da oggetti conosciuti (media e giornali su carta) in oggetti da definire come la stampa digitale. La necessità di questo libro nasce dopo anni di insegnamento in cui la ricerca continua di un testo per gli studenti ha portato l’autrice a raccogliere in un unico volume le dispense prodotte per i corsi tenuti in più università con nomi diversi, ma afferenti ai medesimi ambiti disciplinari: la comunicazione e la semiotica della moda. Il libro si rivolge a quanti sono interessati al tema dei fashion media e in particolare agli studenti che scelgono all’università i corsi sulla moda, per offrire loro una panoramica di posizioni teoriche e progettualità editoriali del passato e attuali.

La moda

La moda
Author: Simona Segre Reinach
Publisher: Gius.Laterza & Figli Spa
Total Pages: 120
Release: 2019-01-07T00:00:00+01:00
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 8842092819

Le coordinate di base per decifrare uno dei fenomeni sociali e di mercato più caratteristici della società contemporanea. In questo volume: i significati e le ambivalenze della moda dalle origini europee all'attuale circolazione globale; il suo ruolo nella definizione dell'identità; la storia delle idee sulla moda dalle scienze umane di metà Ottocento ai contemporanei fashion studies europei e americani; le sue espressioni, dall'alta moda francese al prêt à porter, all'attuale moda 'veloce'; il fashion marketing; la mappa delle capitali del look.

Global fashion

Global fashion
Author: Michele Rak
Publisher: Mondadori Università
Total Pages: 204
Release: 2013
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9788861842281

Fashion semiology

Fashion semiology
Author: Fausto Crepaldi
Publisher:
Total Pages: 201
Release: 2012
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9788832482331