Fashion / Christopher Breward.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Breward, Christopher, 1965-

Series:

Oxford history of art

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fashion.

Fashion--History.

History.

Costume.

Costume--History.

Physical Description:

272 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.

Summary:

This provocative new survey of the past 150 years of fashion covers everything from Haute Couture to the High Street, from Coco Chanel to Alexander McQueen. Christopher Breward explores fashion as a significant cultural force, examining the glamorous world of Vogue and advertising, the relationship between fashion and art, and fashion as a global enterprise. Venturing beneath the surface, Breward considers how our ideas about hygiene and comfort have influenced the direction of style, and how important dress is in forming our identity and status -- from Flapper to New Look, Dandy to Punk. 144 illustrations with 71 in full colour.

Contents:

Part 1 The Production of Fashion 19

Chapter 1 The Rise of the Designer 21

Chapter 2 Making Clothes 49

Chapter 3 Innovating Change 63

Part 2 The Promotion of Fashion 99

Chapter 4 Disseminating Desire 101

Chapter 5 Fashion on the Page 115

Chapter 6 Fashion and Film 131

Chapter 7 Shopping for Style 143

Part 3 The Wearing of Fashion 157

Chapter 8 Style and Modernity 159

Chapter 9 Fashion Capitals 169

Chapter 10 Fashion and Identity 217.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-253) and index.

ISBN:

0192840304

OCLC:

51315397