Fashion and fashions in clothing : from classical theory to present-day pluralism.

Este trabalho prop?e uma an?lise comparativa acerca de dois momentos da moda no vestu?rio. O primeiro refere-se ?s teorias que inicialmente compreenderam o fen?meno da moda como uma hierarquia simb?lica entre classes que ditam e classes que copiam moda. Esta perspectiva anal?tica explicou a moda desde o seu surgimento no Ocidente at? meados do s?culo XX. O segundo momento trata das modas plurais do tempo presente que, acredita-se, n?o podem mais ser explicadas por este primeiro cen?rio te?rico. A investiga??o buscou evidenciar regularidades e singularidades entre os diferentes contextos de moda, examinando at? que ponto a proposta anal?tica da hierarquia simb?lica ainda explica as modas contempor?neas e em quais aspectos as modas plurais de hoje se diferenciam no seu movimento de renova??o.This paper proposes a comparative analysis about two fashion moments in clothing. The first refers to the theories that initially understood the phenomenon of fashion as a symbolic hierarchy between classes that dictate and classes that copy fashion. This analytical perspective has explained fashion since its emergence in the West until the mid-twentieth century. The second moment deals with the plural modes of the present time which, it is believed, can no longer be explained by this first theoretical scenario. The research sought to highlight regularities and singularities between the different fashion contexts, examining the extent to which the analytic proposal of the symbolic hierarchy still explains contemporary fashions and in which aspects today?s plural fashions differ in their renewal movement