“Perhaps we can think of fashion as ‘custom for a time’ and culture as ‘custom over time’.” Culture, which means distinctive way of life of particular group of people and period, is in some way very similar with fashion, which is a prevailing custom of the time, in terms of its definition. Both words are […]
Month: January 2018
[Intro to Fashion Studies] Posting #1
Choose any two of Christopher Breward’s aphorisms from his forward to Fashion Studies, which you read in Week 1. Explain what each of the two aphorisms means (in your own words) and explain why you agree or disagree with them. “Fashion is gossip. Never underestimate the power of gossip. Semiologists are driven into ecstasies of […]