Why Fashion Matters by Frances Corner
Why Fashion Matters by Frances Corner
144 PAGES
First Published 2014
Frances Corner, Head of London College of Fashion, Author
I was perusing the bookshelves at the Ian Potter Gallery Book Store and the quirky look of this book and title caught my eye.
The book is basically made up of 101 thoughts or mini essays on why fashion matters. Looking at fashion from a super wide lens (which is fantastic), and including, not just how wearing clothes makes us feel, but also the changes taking place in the industry, manufacturing and sustainability to just name a few things.
As someone who recently studied fashion design, worked in the industry and reads almost everything that is published relating to fashion, I didn't really gain any extra insight, unfortunately.
However, Why Fashion Matters would be a great book for someone with limited fashion industry knowledge, or for someone who was thinking about studying or getting a job in the industry.
One thing I will be using the book for though is the part at the back of the book, and I'm just having a giggle to myself because I just realised the part I love is called 'Further Reading and Selected Sources'.
Anyone who has studied a course will recognise this title, it is usually at the back of all the course unit outlines, and absolutely no except for the curious and smart ones student ever bothers to do any further reading. And I'm giggling because it is so typical for a teacher, in this case, Frances Corner who is the Head of London College of Fashion, to include such a section at the back of her book, and I love her for it.
Jx
Book 17 for 2016
Notes and Quotes
- "The prehistoric caveman with the latest beads, the post-war woman in Dior's New Look, the latest fashion blog recording street style as it happens - they are all tied to our very human need to express individuality." Page 7
- Read Marcel Proust, Doris Lessing, Jean Rhys, Virgina Woolfs' Orlando.
- "According to a Cotton Inc. survey, the average American woman owns 8.3pairs (jeans)." Page 25
- Who is Jane Sheperdson? Page 57
- "The words we never use might be like the clothes we can never wear." - Adam Philips Page 109
- "Should I kill myself or have a cup of coffee?" - Albert Camus Page 110