Fashion - Philosophy for Everyone

EditorsJessica Wolfendale is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at West Virginia University, and perhaps a little too fond of vintage clothing. She is the author of Torture and the Military Profession (2007) and has published extensively on the ethics of torture, military ethics, and applied ethics. Jeanette Kennett is Professor of Moral Psychology at Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia. She is the author of Agency and Responsibility (2001) and has published widely on topics including empathy, addiction, self-control, , advertising, and love and friendship.Series EditorFritz Allhoff is an Associate Professor in the Philosophy Department at Western Michigan University, as well as a Senior Research Fellow at The Australian National University's Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics. In addition to editing the Philosophy for Everyone series, Allhoff is also the volume editor or co-editor for several titles, including Wine & Philosophy (Wiley-Blackwell, 2007), Whiskey & Philosophy (with Marcus P. Adams, Wiley, 2009), and Food & Philosophy (with Dave Monroe, Wiley-Blackwell, 2007). His academic research interests engage various facets of applied ethics, ethical theory, and the history and philosophy of science.

“Summing Up: Recommended.  Lower-division undergraduates through graduate students; general readers.  (Choice, 1 August 2012)"All in all, this is a valuable text not just because of the marriage of the academic with the everyday, but because of the diverse issues that it touches on. It's a well-rounded effort and even the most jaded fashion person will find something new between its covers." (The Licentiate, 26 September 2011)

• Foreword ixJennifer BaumgardnerAcknowledgments xiiiIntroduction 1Jessica Wolfendale and Jeanette KennettPart 1 Being Fashionable and Being Cool 131 What Makes Something Fashionable? 15Anya Farennikova and Jesse Prinz2 Fashion, Illusion, and Alienation 31Nick Zangwill3 Tryhards, Fashion Victims, and Effortless Cool 37Luke RussellPart 2 Fashion, Style, and Design 514 The Aesthetics of Design 53Andy Hamilton5 Share the Fantasy: Perfume Advertising, Fashion, and Desire 70Cynthia A. Freeland6 Computational Couture: From Cyborgs to Supermodels 88Ada BrunsteinPart 3 Fashion, Identity, and Freedom 1037 Wearing Your Values on Your Sleeve 105Daniel Yim8 Fashion and Sexual Identity, or Why Recognition Matters 120Samantha Brennan9 Slaves to Fashion? 135Lauren Ashwell and Rae Langton10 Fashion Dolls and Feminism: How Do You Solve a Problem Like Barbie? 151Louise CollinsPart 4 Can We Be Ethical and Fashionable? 16711 Sweatshops and Cynicism 169Matthew F. Pierlott12 Women Shopping and Women Sweatshopping: Individual Responsibility for Consumerism 18Lisa Cassidy13 A Taste for Fashion 199Marguerite La CazeNotes on Contributors 215