"Old News? Understanding Retro Trends in 21st Century Fashion"

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    Abstract

    The paper explores the difference between retro trends and historical reflection in fashion as cultural production. An attempt at a taxonomy of retro is attempted as is a discussion of the role of innovation in within a framework of apparent repetition.
    Original languageEnglish
    JournalMulti (Rochester)
    Volume3
    Issue number1
    ISSN1942-3527
    Publication statusPublished - 2010

    Keywords

    • Retro
    • Cultural production
    • Walter Benjamin
    • T. S. Eliot
    • Fashion revival
    • Labyrinth

    Artistic research

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