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Fashion As Creative Economy : Micro-Enterprises in London, Berlin and Milan by Angela. McRobbie, Carolina Bandinelli and Daniel Strutt (2023, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherPolity Press
ISBN-101509553851
ISBN-139781509553853
eBay Product ID (ePID)11057247961
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Number of Pages224 Pages
Publication NameFashion As Creative Economy : Micro-Enterprises in London, Berlin and Milan
LanguageEnglish
SubjectIndustries / Fashion & Textile Industry
Publication Year2023
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaBusiness & Economics
AuthorAngela. Mcrobbie, Carolina Bandinelli, Daniel Strutt
FormatTrade Paperback
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Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight9.6 Oz
Item Length8.5 in
Item Width5.4 in
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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
Reviews" Fashion as Creative Economy is a brilliant, multilayered work that offers an unparalleled theoretical synthesis of the fashion industry. It makes effective recommendations for how this system can be transformed and made more just." Jo Littler, City, University of London "This book is an important addition to both the scholarly literature and the public debates over the future of the fashion industry." David O'Brien, University of Sheffield
Dewey Edition23
Dewey Decimal338.4774692
Table Of ContentAcknowledgements vi Introduction 1 1 Critical Fashion Studies: Paradigms for Creative Industries Research 17 2 London: Independent Fashion and 'Monopoly Rent' 41 3 Berlin: Microenterprises and the Social Face of Fashion 69 4 Milan: Fashion Microenterprises and Female-led Artisanship 94 5 Click and Collect: Fashion's New Political Economy 123 6 Conclusion 146 Appendix 153 Notes 156 References 171 Further Reading 182 Index 185
SynopsisFashion is under the spotlight like never before. Activists call for environmental accountability, and wide-ranging debates highlight exploitation across global supply chains and the reliance on unpaid labour. Digital technology undermines traditional fashion companies, while small-scale independent fashion designers provide radical innovations in design and work in more socially inclusive ways. This book contributes to a new sociology of fashion. Focusing on the working lives of independent designers and based on ethnographic research and interviews carried out in London, Berlin and Milan, the authors consider the urban policy regimes in place in these cities. They analyse how these regimes shape the microenterprises and the emerging political economy, as well as the structures needed for designers to flourish. They also develop several key concepts - the 'milieu of fashion labour', 'social fashion' and 'fashion diversity' - and chart the new world of digital fashion-tech and e-commerce. Drawing on lessons from European initiatives and recognizing the capacity of microenterprises and start-ups to determine fashion's future, the authors call for the industry to be significantly decentralized to ensure more diversity and less exclusivity., Fashion is under the spotlight like never before. Activists call for environmental accountability, and wide-ranging debates highlight exploitation across global supply chains and the reliance on unpaid labour. Digital technology undermines traditional fashion companies, while small-scale independent fashion designers provide radical innovations in design and work in more socially inclusive ways. This book contributes to a new sociology of fashion. Focusing on the working lives of independent designers and drawing on ethnographic research and interviews carried out in London, Berlin and Milan, the authors consider the urban policy regimes in place in these cities. They analyse how these regimes shape the microenterprises and the emerging political economy, as well as the structures needed for designers to flourish. They also develop several key concepts - the 'milieu of fashion labour', 'social fashion' and 'fashion diversity' - and chart the new world of digital fashion-tech and e-commerce. Recognizing the capacity of microenterprises and start-ups to determine fashion's future, the authors call for the industry to be significantly decentralized to ensure more diversity and less exclusivity.
LC Classification NumberGT738
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