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Old Clothes, New Looks - Second-Hand Fashion (Hardcover, First)
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Old Clothes, New Looks - Second-Hand Fashion (Hardcover, First)
Series: Dress, Body, Culture
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The history, global trade and current western revival of interest
in used garments as a new form of fashion consciousness has
corollaries in consumer cultures around the world. The Japanese,
for example, have a long tradition of salvaging sections of
kimonos, while in India garments are inexhaustibly recycled.
Despite the seeming universality of the impulse, however, there is
a wide spectrum of views towards reused clothing. Global issues of
need and economy are central to the second-hand trade, as is
personal taste. Complicating these issues, used garments can now be
fashionable, desirable commodities in western urban cultures; they
may represent exclusivity in design as well as a means to re-shape
identity, as the neo-mod retro-sixties subcultural scene shows. The
boom in charity shops, in second-hand retailers from large chains,
and in second-hand and vintage boutiques aims to capture this
growing market. second-hand, but has become its own style and is
now integrated into the mainstream fashion system as the interest
in vintage has escalated. Second-hand fashion has a history as old
as the production of clothing itself, but it has not been discussed
before in a focused way as an important, on-going part of fashion
history, despite the fact that used clothes represent the largest
numbers of worn and existing garments. This cross-cultural and
historical perspective fills a major gap by offering fresh insights
into the innovative use of second-hand dress and age-old traditions
of recycling fashion. It will be essential reading for all those
interested in fashion, consumption, material culture and design.
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