Ingrid Loschek is Professor in the history and theory of fashion at the University of Applied Sciences, Pforzheim. She was a Visiting Scholar at Harvard University and Guest Professor at Universities in Tokyo and Cairo.

When Clothes Become Fashion systematically analyzes the phenomenon of fashion and reveals part of the secret on which fashion depends. Ideal for students, the book also offers fascinating insights for the general reader. Barbara Vinken, University of Munich

• Introduction Part I: FASHION THEORY 1. Does Fashion Need a Theory? 2. Textiles as Material 3. Clothes as Form 4. Fashion as System Part II: INVENTION AND INNOVATION 5. When is Invention? 6. When is Creativity? Part III: WHEN CLOTHES BECOME FASHION 7. When is Fashion? 8. When is Fashion Art? 9. When is Fashion Design? Notes Bibliography Index

Ingrid Loschek is Professor in the history and theory of fashion at the University of Applied Sciences, Pforzheim. She was a Visiting Scholar at Harvard University and Guest Professor at Universities in Tokyo and Cairo.

When Clothes Become Fashion systematically analyzes the phenomenon of fashion and reveals part of the secret on which fashion depends. Ideal for students, the book also offers fascinating insights for the general reader. Barbara Vinken, University of Munich

• Introduction Part I: FASHION THEORY 1. Does Fashion Need a Theory? 2. Textiles as Material 3. Clothes as Form 4. Fashion as System Part II: INVENTION AND INNOVATION 5. When is Invention? 6. When is Creativity? Part III: WHEN CLOTHES BECOME FASHION 7. When is Fashion? 8. When is Fashion Art? 9. When is Fashion Design? Notes Bibliography Index

Ingrid Loschek is Professor in the history and theory of fashion at the University of Applied Sciences, Pforzheim. She was a Visiting Scholar at Harvard University and Guest Professor at Universities in Tokyo and Cairo.

When Clothes Become Fashion systematically analyzes the phenomenon of fashion and reveals part of the secret on which fashion depends. Ideal for students, the book also offers fascinating insights for the general reader. Barbara Vinken, University of Munich

• Introduction Part I: FASHION THEORY 1. Does Fashion Need a Theory? 2. Textiles as Material 3. Clothes as Form 4. Fashion as System Part II: INVENTION AND INNOVATION 5. When is Invention? 6. When is Creativity? Part III: WHEN CLOTHES BECOME FASHION 7. When is Fashion? 8. When is Fashion Art? 9. When is Fashion Design? Notes Bibliography Index