I would, to begin with, hold that clothing styles and the fashions that influence them over time constitute something approximating a code. It is a code, however, radically dissimilar from those used in cryptography; neither can it, more generally, be equated with the language rules that govern speech and writing.
-- Fred Davis, 1985

Introduction to Section 9 Semiotics/Communication Perspectives.

The reading for this section of the course is:

• Davis, F. (1985). Clothing and fashion as communication. In M. R. Solomon (Ed.), _The psychology of fashion_ (pp. 15-27). Lexington: D. C. Heath/Lexington Books.