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A cultural history of dress and fashion in the modern age / Alexandra Palmer (ed).
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Clothing and dress--History--20th century.
- Clothing and dress.
- Fashion--History--20th century.
- Fashion.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiv, 258 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2017.
- Summary:
- "Over the last century there has been a complete transformation of the fashion system. The unitary top-down fashion cycle has been replaced by the pulsations of multiple and simultaneous styles, while the speed of global production and circulation has become ever faster and more complex. Running in tandem, the development of artificial fibres has revolutionized the composition of clothing, and the increased focus on youth, sexuality, and the body has radically changed its design. From the 1920s flapper dress to debates over the burkini, fashion has continued to be deeply involved in society's larger issues. Drawing on a wealth of visual, textual and object sources and illustrated with 100 images, A Cultural History of Dress and Fashion in the Modern Age presents essays on textiles, production and distribution, the body, belief, gender and sexuality, status, ethnicity, and visual and literary representations to illustrate the diversity and cultural significance of dress and fashion in the period."--Bloomsbury Publishing.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Electronic reproduction. London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2014. Available via World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreement. s2014 dcunns
- ISBN:
- 9781474206402 (online)
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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