From Design Nations to Fashion Nations? Unpacking Contemporary Scandinavian Fashion Dreams

Melchior, Marie Riegels

doi:10.2752/175174111x12954359478681

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“…In particular, in 2005 the Danish Fashion Institute was created to coordinate the Copenhagen Fashion Week (Melchior et al ., 2011). Swedish fashion‐oriented policies also regard fashion as a cultural form of expression and have promoted fashion exhibitions and academic fashion programmes to develop a new image based on a modern and cosmopolitan Sweden (Melchior, 2011). The Taiwanese central government has positioned the fashion industry at the centre of its CCI policies, investing in the development of institutions such as the Taiwan Design Centre and promoting department stores and fashion shows to build a fashion identity.…”

Section: Approaching Fashion Cities In Urban and Regional Researchmentioning

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Urban Fashion Formations in the Twenty‐First Century: Weberian Ideal Types as a Heuristic Device to Unravel the Fashion City

Casadei¹,

Gilbert²,

Lazzeretti³

2020

Int J Urban Regional Res

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In recent years, local governments and academic researchers have drawn increasing attention to the idea of the fashion city as a strategic factor for urban economic growth. In addition to renowned fashion capitals, second‐tier cities of fashion have proliferated, giving rise to a large heterogeneity of centres of production, design, consumption and culture. Despite its rising popularity, however, the concept of the fashion city is still weakly codified, and only simplistic tool‐kit strategies have been adopted to transform cities into contemporary fashion hubs. Drawing upon Weber's ideal‐type approach, this intervention develops an analytical framework for thinking about the diverse nature of fashion's relation with cities. The search for the elusive singular fashion city is replaced by three ideal types—the ‘manufacturing fashion city’, the ‘design fashion city’ and the ‘symbolic fashion city’—which can be used as a heuristic device to trigger debate about the distinctive characteristics of fashion centres and speculate about future developmental pathways. The essay stimulates critical reflection on the different kinds of positioning that fashion takes in urban economies and the developmental pathways of different forms of fashion city formations.

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Section: Approaching Fashion Cities In Urban and Regional Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

Urban Fashion Formations in the Twenty‐First Century: Weberian Ideal Types as a Heuristic Device to Unravel the Fashion City

Casadei¹,

Gilbert²,

Lazzeretti³

2020

Int J Urban Regional Res

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“…A number of art critics turn to a narrower field of research related to the formation of cultural identity in certain areas -the design of the urban environment [10], the industrial design [11], as well as to the history of design and architecture [12][13][14]. But the most widespread, of course, are studies of design issues in individual countries, for example, Scandinavian [15,16]. In studies, their phenomenon is revealed in many aspects, issues of culture, lifestyle, fashion [17,18], both from a historical perspective, and their current state and impact on the world design and artistic culture [19][20][21] are raised.…”

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National and international components in contemporary architecture and design

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The article examines one of the unique aspects of design – the national component. The history of design demonstrates to us the importance of the national component in the formation of object-based shaping, its development in the industrial and post-industrial eras. In the conditions of post-industrial design, the role of the national component is growing and is increasingly revealed in its various directions, from object design to design of the urban environment. Through the prism of the interaction between national and international components in design, we can scrutinise design’s entire history. Using specific examples, applying phenomenal-geographical and synergetic approaches, the authors formulate the main models of the evolution of the national component in the design of different countries. As a result, 6 models of interaction of the national and international components in the subject design of the twentieth century were identified. They are «the constant of the national component», «transformation (expansion) of the national component into the international», «synchronization of the national and international components», «replacement of the national component with the international», «conglomeration of international and national components», «autonomy of national and international components». Graphic visualizations of models of countries – design nations are presented on the example of Japan, USA, Germany, Italy and Scandinavia.

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“…The Scandinavian countries find themselves in a similar situation, and are trying to promote their national images in the fashion world (Melchior 2011). The exhibition "Svenskt Mode 2000-2015" (Swedish Fashion 2000-2015 at Sven-Harry's Art Museum in Stockholm displayed such an orientation.…”

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“…Consumption, for example, is conspicuously absent. Swedish fashion is closely related to mass fashion and to street fashion (Melchior 2011). Even the runway styles are inspired by street fashion and could easily be transformed into people's everyday wardrobes.…”

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“…This has led researchers in fashion studies to look at Swedish fashion history. For example, Melchior examines how the Scandinavian countries (Denmark, Sweden, and Norway) promote fashion to build their national images (Melchior 2011). For the Swedish case, she discusses the large mass-fashion industry represented by H&M, government support, cultural practices, and education, all of which contribute to the construction of a Swedish fashion image.…”

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