Rocamora, Agnès and Entwistle, Joanne (2006) The Field of Fashion Materialized: A Study of London Fashion Week. Sociology, 40 (4). pp. 735-751. ISSN 0038-0385
Type of Research: | Article |
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Creators: | Rocamora, Agnès and Entwistle, Joanne |
Description: | This article, based on two studies of the fashion industry examines one of its key institutions, London Fashion Week (LFW). Drawing on the work of Bourdieu, we argue that this event is a materialization of the field of fashion.We examine how LFW renders visible the boundaries, relational positions, capital and habitus at play in the field, reproducing critical divisions within it.As well as making visible the field, LFW is a ceremony of consecration within it that contributes to its reproduction. The central aim of this article is to develop an empirically grounded sense of field, reconciling this macro-structural concept with embodied and situated reality. |
Official Website: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0038038506065158 |
Keywords/subjects not otherwise listed: | Appearance, body, Bourdieu, field of fashion, visibility |
Publisher/Broadcaster/Company: | Sage Publications |
Your affiliations with UAL: | Colleges > London College of Fashion Research Centres No Longer Active > Fashion, The Body And Material Cultures Research Centre (FBMC) |
Date: | 1 August 2006 |
Digital Object Identifier: | 10.1177/0038038506065158 |
Date Deposited: | 02 Dec 2009 15:19 |
Last Modified: | 27 Apr 2017 13:10 |
Item ID: | 1742 |
URI: | https://ualresearchonline.arts.ac.uk/id/eprint/1742 |
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