A study of Postmodernism Expressed in the Late 20th Century Fashion

20세기 후반 패션에 표현된 포스트모더니즘 연구

  • 정현숙 (숙명 여자대학교 의류학과) ;
  • 양숙희 (숙명 여자대학교 의류학과)
  • Published : 1997.05.01

Abstract

The purpose of this thesisis to show that, on the basis of a reconstructed theoretical framework of postmodernisuL the seemingly chaotic phenomena in recent fashion specta ole- i.e. extensive eclecticism and deconstruction of styles - can be systematically explained and that it is by no means a transient anomaly. The main task of this thesis is to distill out from the apparently chaotic scene in the Catwalk such distinctive features as 1. the bona fide postmodern subculture fashion as a non-mainstream,2. the subculture elements introduced in the mainstream, pastiche a la Jameson. Our theoretical framework enables us to establish these features as the necessary outcomes and tendencies of postmodern logic.

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