Dress, fashion, and technology : from prehistory to the present / Phyllis G. Tortora.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tortora, Phyllis G., author.

Series:

Dress, body, culture. (OCoLC)149525059

Dress, body, culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fashion design--History.

Fashion design.

Clothing and dress--History.

Clothing and dress.

Tailoring--History.

Tailoring.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (265 p.)

Distribution:

London, England : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020

Place of Publication:

London, England : Bloomsbury, 2020.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Technology has been an essential factor in the production of dress and the cultures of fashion throughout human history. Structured chronologically from pre-history to the present day, this is the first broad study of the complex relationship between dress and technology. Over the course of human history, dress-making and fashion technology has changed beyond recognition: from needles and human hands in the ancient world to complex 20th century textile production machines, it has now come to include the technologies that influence dress styles and the fashion industry, such as the media and printing presses. In the last century, new technologies have helped not just to produce but to define fashion: the creation of automobiles prompted a decline in long skirts for women while the beginnings of space travel caused people to radically rethink the function of dress. In many ways, technology has itself created avant garde and contemporary fashions. Through an impressive range of international case studies, the book challenges the perception that fashion is unique to western dress and outlines the many ways in which dress and technology intersect. Dress, Fashion and Technology is ideal reading for students and scholars of fashion studies, textile history, anthropology and cultural studies"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Connecting technology, dress, and fashion

Dress and the technologies of prehistory

Technologies and dress in towns, cities, and empires

Technology and dress facilitate fashion change

Some Asian developments in technology, dress and fashion

Dress and fashion move the industrial revolution forward

The central role of dress and fashion and the industrial revolution

Dress, fashion, and social changes following the industrial revolution

Tools that enable fashion change and innovations in dress

Tools and processes expand options for dress and fashion

Transportation and its effects

The effects of sports

Communications technologies that disseminate fashion information

Technology contributes to the globalization of fashion

Environments interact with technologies

New technological frontiers for dress and fashion.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Print version record.

ISBN:

9780857851918

0857851918

9781474228022

147422802X

9780857851925

0857851926

OCLC:

1201425951