Fashion in medieval France
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Fashion in medieval France
（Gallica, v. 3）
D.S. Brewer, 2007
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Bibliography: p. [181]-195
内容説明・目次
内容説明
Twelfth- and thirteenth-century medieval French texts reveal the presence of a developed fashion system long before the previously accepted birth of Western fashion in the mid-fourteenth century.
How are we to distinguish between a culture organized around fashion, and one where the desire for novel adornment is latent, intermittent, or prohibited? How do fashion systems organize social hierarchies, individual psychology,creativity, and production? Medieval French culture offers a case study of "systematic fashion", demonstrating desire for novelty, rejection of the old in favor of the new, and criticism of outrageous display. Texts from the twelfth and thirteenth centuries describe how cleverly-cut garments or unique possessions make a character distinctive, and even offer advice on how to look attractive on a budget or gain enough spending money to shop for oneself. Suchdescriptions suggest fashion's presence, yet accepted notions date the birth of Western fashion to the mid-fourteenth-century revolution in men's clothing styles. A fashion system must have been present prior to this 'revolution'in styles to facilitate such changes, and abundant evidence for the existence of such a system is cogently set out in this study. Ultimately, fashion is a conceptual system expressed by words evaluating a style's ephemeral worth,and changes in visual details are symptomatic, rather than determinative.
SARAH-GRACE HELLER is an associate professor in Medieval French at Ohio State University.
目次
Sine qua non of a Fashion System
The Birth of Fashion
Words for Fashion
Desire for Novelty and Unique Expression
Desire for Spending Money
The Development of Shopping
The Seduction of the Well-Draped Form
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