viii Contents
9 Fashion and the Social Sciences 85
10 on The Fashion System 92
Part Three Fashion Debates and
Interpretations 97
11 The Contest between Chanel and Courrèges.
refereed by a Philosopher 99
12 a Case of Cultural Criticism 104
13 Showing how rhetoric Works 108
Afterword
Clothes, Fashion and System in the Writings of
roland Barthes: ‘Something out of nothing’ by
andy Stafford 113
Editor’s note and acknowledgements 159
Bibliography 161
Glossary of names 165
Index 171