What is Postmodernism? Fashion in Postmodernism

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What is Postmodernism? Fashion in Postmodernism

Alfiya Akhmetova

BA (Hons) Fashion Business

Year 1

CTS 100

CONTENTS

> INTRODUCION____________________________3

> What is Postmodernism___________________________ 3

> ANALYSIS & EVALUATION________________6

> Postmodern Fashion_____________________________8

> Forming Identities_______________________________10

> Vivienne Westwood. Postmodern Designer____________11

> SUMMARY________________________________13

> BIBLIOGRAPHY___________________________14

INTRODUCTION

What is Postmodernism?

"Postmodernism is a term describing a wide-ranging change in thinking beginnings in the early 20th century. Although a difficult term to pin down, 'postmodernism' generally refers to the criticism of absolute truths or identities and 'grand narratives'. Perhaps the best way to think about postmodernism is to look at modernism, to which postmodernism is generally characterized as either reacting to or emerging from. Postmodernism has had large implications on philosophy, art, critical theory, architecture, literature, history, culture and media. The adjective postmodern (in slang abbreviated to pomo) can refer to aspects of either postmodernism or postmodernity." (Definition from online Wikipedia)

Postmodernism is a very difficult term to explain in one precise sentence. But a simple explanation would be that its central message is that we have to abandon any attempt to arrive at a true understanding