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Most of these are also available in English, but I've decided to list the original titles and publication dates. Links will lead to the English versions.
| Baudrillard, Jean, Système de la Mode, 1967 | out of print |
Fashion is seen as a system of expression
and, as such, likened to language. The language (of the book, I mean) is
very philosophical, thus a bit hard to read...  |
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| Blumer, Herbert, Fashion: From Class Differentiation to Collective Selection, in: Sociological Quarterly 10, pp. 275-291 | a library case... |
| A classic not only of fashion theory, but
of sociology in general. |
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| Bourdieu, Pierre, La distinction : Critique sociale du jugement, 1979 | see amazon.com |
| How people differentiate themselves from
"the rest" with clothes. A modern classic of fashion sociology.
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| Davis, Fred, Fashion, Culture, and Identity, Chicago: Univ. of Chicago Press, 1992 | see amazon.com |
| I've read it... I've used it for my thesis... but I can't recall the exact contents. Someting about how identity is established by the choice of clothes | |
| McCracken, Grant, Culture and Consumption : New
approaches to the symbolic character of consumer goods and activities,
Bloomington: Indiana Univ. Press, 1988 |
see amazon.com |
 I
readily admit to having partially slammed it in my thesis, but it had more
influence on my academic pursuits than any other work. |
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| Schnierer, Thomas, Modewandel und Gesellschaft, Opladen: Leske + Budrich, 1995 | |
| A modern review of the established theories
of fashion change. Even if the literature list wasn't such a treaure grove
I just had to mention it: The author was my teacher! :) |
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| Simmel, Georg, Fashion, in: International Quarterly 10 (1904), pp. 130-155 | a library case... |
| Yet another classic from the founder of
the trickle-down theory. Hope you have a good library nearby. ;-) |
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| Solomon, Michael R. (ed.), The Psychology of Fashion, Lexington: Lexington Books, 1985 | out of print |
| Another book on the underlying wish to be different... | |
| Sombart, Werner, Wirtschaft und Mode : Ein Beitrag zur Theorie der modernen Bedarfsgestaltung, Wiesbaden: 1902 | out of print |
| Economy and fashion... slightly socialist IIRC... Look at the date: Another classic! | |
| Veblen, Thorstein, The Theory of the Leisure Class, 1899 | see amazon.com |
| An utterly fascinating book that founded
the theory of conspicuous consumption. A classic of consumer sociology.
Outdated? Only on first glance! |
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