PART ONE WHAT IS CRITICISM?
1 Introduction
2 Aristotle and the origins of criticism
3 Talking in private: the academies and the salons
4 Understanding taste: the critic as qualified observer
5 Charles Baudelaire: the beginning of fashion criticism; the art critic of the salons
6 Oscar Wilde and the apostles of aestheticism
PART TWO REPORTING FASHION
Overview
Snapshots
Fashion and morality: Leo Tolstoy: what is art?
Paul Poiret: 'Sultan of fashion’ - from tradition to innovation 103 Diana Vreeland: 'Why don't you?' - the invention of the fashion editor
Christian Dior: the 'New Look’ and reporting by Carmel Snow
Yves Saint Laurent - a 1970s analysis of 'The couturier and his brand'
What is fashion irony? Mild sarcasm or feigning ignorance?
Reporting on the Japanese Revolution in Paris
Richard Martin as essayist: Karl Lagerfeld reworks Chanel
BeWhat is a reviewer?
What gives Suzy Menkes the status of professional critic?
Acne Paper: the beauty of print, the splendour of the page
How to be a ‘critical’ blogger: moving beyond the PR release
Ing critical about 'deconstruction': theoretical approach or *le destroy’?
Conclusion - where to from here?