Jessica Wolfendale - Fashion : philosophy for everyone : thinking with style

VOLUME EDITORS

JESSICA 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 EDITOR

FRITZ ALLHOFF is an Assistant Professor in the Philosophy
Department at Western Michigan University, as well as a Senior
Research Fellow at the Australian National Universitys Centre for
Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics. In addition to editing the
Philosophy for Everyone series, Allhoff is 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.

PHILOSOPHY FOR EVERYONE

Series editor: Fritz Allhoff

Not so much a subject matter, philosophy is a way of thinking. Thinking not just about the Big Questions, but about little ones too. This series invites everyone to ponder things they care about, big or small, significant, serious or just curious.

Running & Philosophy: A Marathon for the Mind
Edited by Michael W. Austin

Wine & Philosophy: A Symposium on Thinking and Drinking
Edited by Fritz Allhoff

Food & Philosophy: Eat, Think and Be Merry
Edited by Fritz Allhoff and Dave Monroe

Beer & Philosophy: The Unexamined Beer Isnt Worth Drinking
Edited by Steven D. Hales

Whiskey & Philosophy: A Small Batch of Spirited Ideas
Edited by Fritz Allhoff and Marcus P. Adams

College Sex Philosophy for Everyone: Philosophers With Benefits
Edited by Michael Bruce and Robert M. Stewart

Cycling Philosophy for Everyone: A Philosophical Tour de Force
Edited by Jess llundin-Agurruza and Michael W. Austin

Climbing Philosophy for Everyone: Because Its There
Edited by Stephen E. Schmid

Hunting Philosophy for Everyone: In Search of the Wild Life
Edited by Nathan Kowalsky

Christmas Philosophy for Everyone: Better Than a Lump of Coal
Edited by Scott C. Lowe

Cannabis Philosophy for Everyone: What Were We Just Talking About?
Edited by Dale Jacquette

Porn Philosophy for Everyone: How to Think With Kink
Edited by Dave Monroe

Serial Killers Philosophy for Everyone: Being and Killing
Edited by S. Waller

Dating Philosophy for Everyone: Flirting With Big Ideas
Edited by Kristie Miller and Marlene Clark

Gardening Philosophy for Everyone: Cultivating Wisdom
Edited by Dan OBrien

Motherhood Philosophy for Everyone: The Birth of Wisdom
Edited by Sheila Lintott

Fatherhood Philosophy for Everyone: The Dao of Daddy
Edited by Lon S. Nease and Michael W. Austin

Fashion Philosophy for Everyone: Thinking with Style
Edited by Jessica Wolfendale and Jeanette Kennett

Yoga Philosophy for Everyone: Bending Mind and Body
Edited by Liz Stillwaggon Swan

Forthcoming books in the series:

Blues Philosophy for Everyone: Thinking Deep About Feeling Low
Edited by Abrol Fairweather and Jesse Steinberg

Sailing Philosophy for Everyone: A Place of Perpetual Undulation
Edited by Patrick Goold

Tattoos Philosophy for Everyone: I Ink, Therefore I Am
Edited by Rob Arp

This edition first published 2011
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Fashion philosophy for everyone: thinking with style / edited by Jessica Wolfendale and Jeanette Kennett.
p. cm. (Philosophy for everyone; 40)
Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-1-4051-9990-2 (pbk.)
1. FashionPhilosophy. 2. Clothing and dressPhilosophy. I. Kennett, Jeanette.
II. Wolfendale, Jessica, 1973
GT521.F38 2011
391.001dc22

2011015488

A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.

This book is published in the following electronic formats: ePDFs 9781444345520; Wiley Online Library 9781444345568; ePub 9781444345544; Mobi 9781444345551

Id like to dedicate this book to my mother for letting me wear whatever
I wanted when I was growing up, no matter how outrageous; to my late
grandmother for her amazing dress-up box that included a fabulously
chic leopard print hat, and to my sister for her sometimes too honest
but always helpful critiques of my outfits!

Jessica Wolfendale

I dedicate this book to the 1960s and the people in it who shaped
my interest in fashion: my mother whose wardrobe was a treasure