Fashion and ethics / [edited by Efrat Tseëlon].
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TextSeries: Critical studies in fashion and beauty ; 02.Publication details: Bristol, UK : Intellect, 2014.Description: 272 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmISBN: - 9781783202133 (paperback)
- 1783202130 (paperback)
- 391 TSE
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Fashion and Ethics focuses on issues of power, social positioning, and practices among creators, producers, practitioners, wearers, and consumers of fashion. With a special emphasis on the moral fabric of clothing, contributors to the book offer a critique of some of the fundamental assumptions of ethical fashion and expose how products are often framed as fair trade in order to relieve consumers' guilt.
With essays that problematize issues such as ethical fashion's self-appointed morality, the first-world notion that the environment should take priority over human development, the conflict between business profit and ethics, the unintended agendas involved in consuming green cosmetics or ethical culinary trends, and the discursive strategies of denial of the extreme cruelty in the procurement of animal skin and fur for use in fashion, Fashion and Ethics applies its uncompromising scrutiny to all areas of fashion. Throughout, the volume forces readers to confront the question: Does ethical fashion go deep enough into challenging unethical behavior or is it just a charade of good intentions?
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction. Introduction: a critique of the ethical fashion paradigm / Efrat Tseëlon -- Articles. Fashionable dilemmas / Austin Williams ; Comme il faut: where ethics is not just a brand image but a brand essence: reflections of the CEO / Sybil Goldfiner ; Consumers\' perceptions of \'green\': why and how consumers use eco-fashion and green beauty products / Marie-Cécile Cervellon, Lindsey Carey ; Ethical fashion and the exploitation of nonhuman animals / John Sorenson ; Global ethical culinary fashion and a local dish: organic hummus in Israel / Rafi Grosglik ; Aesthetic (dis)orders: styling principles in fashion modelling / Patrícia Soley-Beltran ; Fashion world: models and backstages / Miriam Tawil -- From the noticeboard. Conference report. Endangered Species summit review, London, March 2011 -- Exhibition review. The fashion world of Jean Paul Gaultier: from sidewalk to catwalk, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, June 17-October 2, 2011 -- Book reviews. The myth of the ethical consumer, by Timothy M. Devinney, Pat Auger, and Giana M. Eckhardt (2010) [and] Globalizing responsibility: the political rationalities of ethical consumption, by Clive Barnett, Paul Cloke, Nick Clarke, and Alice Malpass (2011) / reviewed by Diana Crane ; Shoes: a history from sandals to sneakers, Giorgio Riello and Peter McNeil, (eds.)(2011) / reviewed by Alexandra Sherlock -- Book reports. Honey money: the power of erotic capital / Catherine Hakim (2011) ; Israel fashion art, 1948-2008 / Nurit Bat-Yaar (2010) ; Fashion, interior design and the contours of modern identity / Alla Myzelev, John Potvin (eds.)(2010).
Includes articles and reviews from the second volume (numbers 1 & 2, 2011) of the Journal Critical studies in fashion&beauty.
Critical Studies in Fashion and Beauty focuses on issues of power, social positioning, ideologies and practices within the web of relationships between creators, producers, practitioners and end-users of fashion.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Introduction: A critique of the ethical fashion paradigm
- Articles
- Fashionable dilemmas
- Comme il faut-where ethics is not just a brand image but a brand essence: Reflections of the CEO
- Consumers' perceptions of ægreen': Why and how consumers use eco-fashion and green beauty products
- Ethical fashion and the exploitation of nonhuman animals
- Global ethical culinary fashion and a local dish: Organic hummus in Israel
- Aesthetic (dis)orders: Styling principles in fashion modeling
- Fashion World - models and backstages
- From the Noticeboard
- Conference Report
- Endangered Species summit review, London, March 2011
- Exhibition Review
- The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier: From Sidewalk to Catwalk
- Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, June 17-October 2, 2011
- Book Reviews
- The Myth of the Ethical Consumer
- Globalizing Responsibility: The Political Rationalities of Ethical Consumption
- Shoes: A History from Sandals to Sneakers
- Book Reports
- Honey Money: The Power of Erotic Capital
- Israel Fashion Art - 1948-2008
- Fashion, Interior Design, and the Contours of Modern Identity
- Index