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Arkadius. Powerful Emotions. Confrontations. The Polish Fashion Heritage in the Making
Arkadius. Powerful Emotions. Confrontations. The Polish Fashion Heritage in the Making

Author(s): Alicja Raciniewska
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Sociology
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Keywords: fashion heritage; patrimonialisation; Arkadius; Polish fashion; fashion exhibition; paratext; collective memory; lieux de mémoire

Summary/Abstract: This article focuses on a specific case study dealing with the contemporary public fashion heritage, recognition of Polish former fashion designer Arkadius as an object of Polish cultural heritage. patrimonialisation, It offers an illustration of Jean Davallon’s model of patrimonialisation applied to fashion, Arkadius, Polish enabling to identify the tipping points of the process and to explain its logic, operations, fashion, fashion characteristics, and social meaning. Furthermore, the article indicates the important role of exhibition, paratext, fashion exhibitions and paratexts in the patrimonialisation of fashion.

  • Issue Year: 22/2026
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 30-51
  • Page Count: 22
  • Language: English
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