hat fashion's current role as a medium to express themselves which ultimately give certain social messages by symbolic, and also as an instrument of communication, with regard to definition which given to the wearer

Core Concepts Fashion as a System: Barthes views fashion not just as apparel, but as a structured system of communication akin to a language (a "metalanguage"). The actual garment belongs to the "vestimentary code" (the real object), but the descriptions and images in fashion magazines (the "written clothing" and "image-clothing") translate this... See more