Fashion theory. Myth, consumption and value system. 2nd edition, fixed. Vasilieva E.

Ekaterina Vasilieva-candidate of art history, associate professor of St. Petersburg State University, member of the Union of Artists of Russia, member of the International Association of Arts (AICA, UNESCO). A specialist in the history and theory of fashion, design, photography and contemporary art. Permanent author of the magazine "Fashion Theory". She was the editor and columnist of the publishing projects Kommersant, Poster, L’ Officiel, Elle and others. He lectures on the history and theory of fashion at St. Petersburg State University, the University of European in St. Petersburg, the Higher School of Economics, the Garage Center for Contemporary Art. The author of the books “Photography and Veselogic Form” and “36 Essays on photographers”. One of the features of the theory of fashion is the lack of a single system, a single principle and a single conceptual apparatus. Fashion is a large -scale analytical space that combines a concept of various orientation.

In this book, Ekaterina Vasilieva analyzes aesthetic, philosophical, cultural aspects of fashion as phenomena from a variety of theoretical positions.