When Clothes Become Fashion: Design and Innovation Systems

The Text Provides A Clear Theoretical Framework For Understanding The World Of Fashion - Its Aesthetic Premises, Plurality Of Styles, Performative Impulses, Social Qualities And Economic Conditions. Introduction -- Part I. Fashion Theory : Does Fashion Need A Theory? -- Textiles As Material -- Clothes As Form -- Fashion As System -- Part Ii. Invention And Innovation : When Is Invention? -- When Is Creativity? -- When Is Innovation? -- Part Iii. When Clothes Become Fashion : When Is Fashion? -- When Is Fashion Art? -- When Is Fashion Design? -- Epilogue. Ingrid Loschek. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Translated From The German.