Fashion Janet B. W. Williams At once buoyant and poignant

At once buoyant and poignant

and the view that a more democratic approach to research is made difficult because of the individualized

this is a poetry of misses and near-misses

acute and illuminating

political economy

Fashion Janet B. W. Williams At once buoyant and poignantFrom the rise of the Fashion Cafe to the phenomenon of the supermodel, from "House of Style" to "Unzipped," the world of fashion has taken center stage in contemporary culture, for better or for worse. In turn, although the idea of fashion has been in circulation since time immemorial, not until recently has its profound and variegated effects on economic activity, on social and sexual mores, and on aesthetic and psychological formulations been fully