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Conference Paper: A myth of fashion media: a rising country makes a dwindling city?
| Title | A myth of fashion media: a rising country makes a dwindling city? |
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| Authors | |
| Issue Date | 2014 |
| Citation | The 2014 Conference on Fashion Thinking: Theory, History, Practice, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark, 30 October-1 November 2014. How to Cite? |
| Abstract | In this paper, participant observation was used to investigate how global fashion and luxury firms and Hong Kong’s print media present fashion meanings in the local context. The editorial team of a Hong Kong fashion magazine was observed. That fieldwork created chances for interviews and conversations with thirty-six fashion media insiders in Hong Kong and mainland China from 2011 to 2013, which helped open new windows on the paradoxical yet valid logic of fashion industry.
By revisiting the literature and case studies on various sociohistorical, economic and cultural influences on Asian fashion industry, a fuller picture of the social dynamics of the mainland Chinese and Hong Kong fashion media is first exhibited. The self-perceptions and career aspirations of industry participants are then discussed and … |
| Description | Session 4 - C: Fashion systems |
| Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/211539 |
| DC Field | Value | Language |
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| dc.contributor.author | Tse, HLT | - |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2015-07-16T08:24:32Z | - |
| dc.date.available | 2015-07-16T08:24:32Z | - |
| dc.date.issued | 2014 | - |
| dc.identifier.citation | The 2014 Conference on Fashion Thinking: Theory, History, Practice, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark, 30 October-1 November 2014. | - |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/211539 | - |
| dc.description | Session 4 - C: Fashion systems | - |
| dc.description.abstract | In this paper, participant observation was used to investigate how global fashion and luxury firms and Hong Kong’s print media present fashion meanings in the local context. The editorial team of a Hong Kong fashion magazine was observed. That fieldwork created chances for interviews and conversations with thirty-six fashion media insiders in Hong Kong and mainland China from 2011 to 2013, which helped open new windows on the paradoxical yet valid logic of fashion industry. By revisiting the literature and case studies on various sociohistorical, economic and cultural influences on Asian fashion industry, a fuller picture of the social dynamics of the mainland Chinese and Hong Kong fashion media is first exhibited. The self-perceptions and career aspirations of industry participants are then discussed and … | - |
| dc.language | eng | - |
| dc.relation.ispartof | Fashion Thinking Conference | - |
| dc.title | A myth of fashion media: a rising country makes a dwindling city? | - |
| dc.type | Conference_Paper | - |
| dc.identifier.email | Tse, HLT: tommyt@hku.hk | - |
| dc.identifier.authority | Tse, HLT=rp01911 | - |
| dc.description.nature | postprint | - |
| dc.identifier.hkuros | 245211 | - |