African fashion, global style : histories, innovations, and ideas you can wear / Victoria L. Rovine.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rovine, Victoria, author.

Series:

African expressive cultures.

African Expressive Cultures

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African expressive cultures.

Fashion--Africa.

Fashion.

Clothing and dress--Africa.

Clothing and dress.

Clothing and dress--African influences.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (328 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

African Fashion, Global Style provides a lively look at fashion, international networks of style, material culture, and the world of African aesthetic expression. Victoria L. Rovine introduces fashion designers whose work reflects African histories and cultures both conceptually and stylistically, and demonstrates that dress styles associated with indigenous cultures may have all the hallmarks of high fashion. Taking readers into the complexities of influence and inspiration manifested through fashion, this book highlights the visually appealing, widely accessible, and highly adaptable styles

Contents:

Introduction : fashion matters

Indigenous fashion : embroidery and innovation in Mali

Nubia in Paris : African style in French fashion

Reinventing local forms : African fashion, indigenous style

Conceptual fashion : evocations of Africa

Fashion design in South Africa : histories and industries

Conclusion : what fashion shows.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780253014139

0253014131

OCLC:

893732351