31 Aug Fashion is a practice that influences, and is influenced by society
We would like you to complete a 2,000-word essay based on the below statement:
Fashion is a practice that influences, and is influenced by society.
Discuss this statement; within your essay you should make reference to specific examples and observations.
Your response should include:
Reference to key themes, debates and concepts
Referenced quotations (using Harvard referencing) from at least four academic
texts to support your argument
A critical analysis of examples relevant to your subject
Your essay should be presented in an academic format and you should include a reference list. (the word count excludes the reference list and any references within the essay text). You should ensure that you follow the conventions of academic writing,
We have included below a list of books that you may like to take a look at to help you with this task, you should also find some of your own sources.
Reading List:
Bennett, A. (2005) Fashion, in, Culture and Everyday Life London: Sage.
Berger, J. (1972) Ways of Seeing. London: London: Penguin.
Church – Gibson, P. (2006) Analysing Fashion, in, T. Jackson, D. Shaw (eds). The
Fashion Handbook. London: Routledge
Davis, F. (1994) Fashion, Culture & Identity. University of Chicago Press
Entwistle, J. (2015) The Fashioned Body: Fashion, Dress and Modern Social Theory
(2nd Edition) Cambridge: Polity
Hoskins, T. E. (2014) Is fashion racist? and Fashion and Size in Stitched Up: The
Anti-Capitalist Book of Fashion London: Pluto Press
Macdonald, M. (1995). Refashioning the Body in Representing Women: Myths of
Femininity in the Popular Media. London: Edward Arnold.
Rocamora, A. and Smelik, A. (eds). (2015) Thinking Through Fashion: A Guide to
Key Theorists. London: I B Tauris
