In Germany, 1969, Eugen Fink''s Fashion: Seductive Play was published. This first English language edition, updated with an introduction by Stefano Marino and Giovanni Matteucci, makes available Fink-s philosophical investigation into fashion to an English-speaking audience. One of the greatest figures in the -phenomenological movement,- Fink here investigates fashion at various philosophical levels - aesthetic, ethical, social - and in relationship to other forms of human culture, especially contemporary culture.Although there have been many transformations and changes in the world of fashion since the late 1960s, from pr--orter to fast fashion, fashion-s connection to both high culture and popular culture, and the new relationship between fashion and the advent of social media, Fink-s insights allow wide-ranging and far-reaching inquiries into fashion''s philosophical essence. Fink''s extraordinary lucidity and his unique conceptual capacities have made his work crucial to the
