A Cultural History of Fashion in the 20th and 21st Centuries: From Catwalk to SidewalkThis new edition of a bestselling textbook is designed for students, scholars, and anyone interested in 20th century fashion history. Accessibly written and well illustrated, the book outlines the social and cultural history of fashion thematically, and contains a wide range of global case studies on key designers, styles, movements and events. The new edition has been revised and expanded: there are new sections on eco-fashion, fashion and the museum, major changes in the fashion market in the 21st century (including the impact of new media and retailing networks), new technologies, fashion weeks, the rise of asian fashion centers and more. There are twice as many illustrations. In its second edition, A Cultural History of Fashion in the 20th and 21st Centuries is the ideal introductory text for all students of fashion. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
1 The Interplay of Commerce and Culture before the First World War | 5 |
2 The Democratization of Fashion Machine Age Aesthetics | 29 |
3 Framing Fashion The Artists Who Made Clothes | 44 |
4 Fashioning the American Body | 66 |
5 Postmodernism and Fashion | 85 |
6 AntiFashion | 111 |
7 Japanese Conceptual Fashion | 125 |
9 Post2000 Global Recession and Ideological Conflict | 152 |
10 The Changing Fashion Market in the Late Twentieth and TwentyFirst Centuries | 162 |
11 EcoFashion Sustainability and Ethics | 182 |
12 Looking Ahead The Emergence of Asian and Indian Fashion Design Industries | 196 |
Conclusion | 212 |
Notes | 217 |
Bibliography | 227 |
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A Cultural History of Fashion in the 20th and 21st Centuries: From Catwalk ... Bonnie English No preview available - 2013 |
A Cultural History of Fashion in the 20th and 21st Centuries: From Catwalk ... Bonnie English No preview available - 2018 |
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