Modesociologie
Modesociologie, or the sociology of fashion, is an interdisciplinary field within sociology that studies clothing, dress, and fashion as social and cultural phenomena. It investigates how fashion expresses identities, signals social position, and circulates through networks of producers, retailers, media, and consumers. It also analyzes how fashion both reflects and shapes power relations, gender norms, class distinctions, and collective life.
Core topics include consumption practices and everyday dress, the organization of the fashion system (design, production,
Theoretical frameworks draw on classic sociologists such as Simmel and Barthes, as well as Bourdieu's habitus
Methods are diverse, including ethnography of fashion workplaces and consumer spaces, interviews and life histories, discourse
Modesociologie addresses questions of globalization, labor and ethics in the clothing industry, sustainability, and the cultural