The language of fashion / Roland Barthes ; translated by Andy Stafford ; edited by Andy Stafford and Michael Carter.

Author/creator Barthes, Roland
Other author Stafford, Andy.
Other author Carter, Michael.
Other author Power Publications.
Format Book
EditionEnglish ed.
Publication InfoOxford ; New York : Berg, 2006.
Descriptionxiii, 183 pages ; 20 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Subjects
Clothing and dress--Social aspects.
Clothing and dress--History.
Fashion--Social aspects.
Fashion--History.

Contents Clothing history -- History and sociology of clothing : some methodological observations -- Language and clothing -- Towards sociology of dress -- Systems and structures -- 'Blue is in fashion this year' : a note on research into signifying units in fashion clothing -- From gemstones to jewellery -- Dandyism and fashion -- [An early preface to] The fashion system -- Fashion, a strategy of desire : round-table discussion with Roland Barthes, Jean Duvignaud and Henri Lefebvre -- Fashion and the social sciences (interview) -- On the fashion system (interview) -- Fashion debates and interpretations -- The contest between Chanel and Courrèges : refereed by a philosopher -- A case of cultural criticism -- Showing how rhetoric works -- Clothes, fashion and system in the writings of Roland Barthes : 'something out of nothing' / Andy Stafford.
General note"Published in association with Power Publications, Sydney"--T.p. verso.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [167]-171) and index.
LanguageTranslated from the French.
LCCN 2005033621
ISBN1845203801 (paper)
ISBN1845203798 (cloth)
ISBN9781845203801 (paper)
ISBN9781845203795 (cloth)