Affluent female consumers and fashion involvement

International Journal of Fashion Design, Technology and Education

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 103-112

  Belleau, Bonnie ^a   Haney, Robin McFatter ^b   Summers, Teresa ^a   Xu, Yingjiao ^c   Garrison, Betsy ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JCPenney Co   (United States)

^c OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Affluent females; Consumers; Fashion; Involvement

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952866682     PISSN: 17543266     EISSN: 17543274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17543260802425346     Document Type: Article

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