"clothing is a tangible material product whereas fashion is a symbolic cultural product. Th author debunks the myth of the genius designer and explains, provocatively,
that fashion is not about clothes but is a belief. There is an
institutional structure, ignored by many fashion theorists, that has
shaped and produced the fashion phenomenon. Kawamura further shows how
the structural nature of the fashion system works to legitimize
designers creativity and can make them successful. Newer fashion cities,
such as Milan and New York, are the product of the fashion system that
originated in Paris. Without that systemic structure, fashion culture
would not exist."
Yuniya Kawamura
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