Introduction

Fashion, the sociology of dress and the semiology of clothing have been the object of much attention since Roland Barthes’s The Fashion System (Système de la mode, 1967). In this study, the French critic argued that, in addition to being real artefacts with a functional, protective purpose, garment...

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izdano v:URI:https://journals.openedition.org/erea,
Glavni avtor: DELYFER, Catherine
Format: Article ou chapitre numérique
Jezik:Anglais
Izdano: E-rea 2019
Online dostop:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
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Izvleček:Fashion, the sociology of dress and the semiology of clothing have been the object of much attention since Roland Barthes’s The Fashion System (Système de la mode, 1967). In this study, the French critic argued that, in addition to being real artefacts with a functional, protective purpose, garments and vestimentary features in general are imbued with meaning and have a deeply symbolic character. They are always already constituted into a “system of signification,” a “true code,” so that the...