Chapter 7: Dress as an Expression of the Pecuniary Culture
Classic analysis of women's fashion, the corset, and impractical attire as proof of exemption from useful work.
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From The Theory of the Leisure Class by Thorstein Veblen
Clothing is analyzed as the clearest case of conspicuous waste: expensive, fragile, uncomfortable garments signal that the wearer does not labor.
Chapter 7
Argues that fashion's restless change is itself driven by the need to display novelty and waste.
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