[Abstract] In developed societies, fashion can no more be interpreted as a sitnple lnanifes... tation of the vain passions of the human being, when it has become one of the cha... racteristic western institutions and of the modernity itself. However, nowadays fas ... hion still occupies a peripheral place in social theory. So that, on the other hand, the present work is proposed as a step towards the constitution of the sociological theory of fashion. On the other hand, fashion is in reality a cOlnplete social pheno... menon, and it requires a multiciplity of perspectives. Part of this work is the result of putting together the different contributions that have been made about the phe... nomenon of fashion until the present day, and...