{"product_id":"9781350198524","title":"Fashion Aesthetics and Ethics: Past and Present","description":"Author: Wallenberg, Louise; Kollnitz, Andrea\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781350198524\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Bloomsbury\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 27 Jul 2023\u003cbr\u003ePages: 272 Format: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHow are aesthetics and ethics related to the practical realities of the global fashion industry? Both have played an important role in academic fashion studies to this point, but they are most often discussed in the context of abstract phenomena such as modernity and capitalism, or identity issues such as sexuality, class and gender. The essays in this volume strive instead to show how the realities of the global fashion industry have important and pertinent aesthetic and ethical consequences.\u003cbr\u003eThis collection provides critical and philosophical analysis of the interplay of aesthetics and ethics within the global fashion industry. Characterized by an increasingly fast spinning production, the industry is highly exploitative in terms of environment and labor force- underpaid textile workers, retailers working under brutal competition from the mass-merchandise discounters, young designers, seamstresses and curators often working for free, and a vast body of aspiring models. In addition, fashion-related aesthetic ideals are becoming more influential than ever in directing consumers in their social and personal identification processes and bodily practices with sometimes fatal consequences.\u003cbr\u003eCovering a wide range of subjects such as fashion's highly problematic production and consumption practices, the possibility of producing and consuming fashion ethically, fashion's intimate connection with nature and technology, \u003ci\u003eFashion Aesthetics and Ethics \u003c\/i\u003ehighlights the powerful aesthetical presence of fashion in relation to its ethical premises and often problematic outcomes.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46629822136478,"sku":"UBD-9781350198524","price":56.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781350198524.jpg?v=1774222208","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781350198524","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}