Highly recommended
Just finishing up James Laver’s excellent book on the history of clothes. I like his writing very much and hope to make more use of it in future posts.
Veneration & Refinement: The Ethics of Fashion
- Home
- Blog
- Table of Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: Fashion and Privilege: David Hume and Luxury Fashion
- Chapter 2: Fashion and Poverty: The Whig-Tory Debate
- Chapter 3: Fashion and Justice: Benedict XVI and Feel Good Fashion
- Chapter 4: Fashion and Beauty: Adam Smith and Celebrity Fashion
- Chapter 5: Fashion and Vanity: Max Scheler and Craft Fashion
- Chapter 6: Fashion and Civilisation: Johan Huizinga and Fantasy Fashion
- Chapter 7: Fashion and Nobility: Aurel Kolnai and Fast Fashion
- Chapter 8: Fashion and Power: Agamben and Pryzwara on the Vestments of Power
- Concluding Remarks
- Home
- Blog
- Table of Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: Fashion and Privilege: David Hume and Luxury Fashion
- Chapter 2: Fashion and Poverty: The Whig-Tory Debate
- Chapter 3: Fashion and Justice: Benedict XVI and Feel Good Fashion
- Chapter 4: Fashion and Beauty: Adam Smith and Celebrity Fashion
- Chapter 5: Fashion and Vanity: Max Scheler and Craft Fashion
- Chapter 6: Fashion and Civilisation: Johan Huizinga and Fantasy Fashion
- Chapter 7: Fashion and Nobility: Aurel Kolnai and Fast Fashion
- Chapter 8: Fashion and Power: Agamben and Pryzwara on the Vestments of Power
- Concluding Remarks