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In this course you will learn to analyse and interpret fashion as both a creative industry and as a cultural phenomenon. You will learn to put the recent history of modern and postmodern fashion in its cultural context. You will gain an understanding of the development of fashion studies, including definitions of fashion and different theoretical perspectives such as eurocentrism, new technologies, sustainability, body & identity. You will develop visual and verbal skills for observing, analysing, describing and critiquing fashion in its many manifestations (production, consumption, representation) from a range of theoretical viewpoints. You will also learn to reflect critically on the social, cultural and global dimensions of Dutch fashion.
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Fashion offers a rich platform from which to reflect on social and cultural issues, from practices of consumption and production through to identity politics. The course first provides a historical perspective on fashion in relation to globalization and eurocentrism. The course will then discuss contemporary issues in fashion industry: new technologies and the urgency of sustainability. Contemporary Dutch fashion will be studied through a sustained analysis of diverse case studies. The course proceeds to discuss theoretical concepts and debates that have shaped the development of fashion and fashion studies as a scholarly field. Important concepts in this respect are fashion as an embodied practice and as an expression of identity.
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