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Folk fashion : understanding homemade clothes / Amy Twigger Holroyd.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Holroyd, Amy Twigger, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Clothing and dress--Alteration.
- Clothing and dress.
- Clothing and dress--Social aspects.
- Do-it-yourself work.
- Dressmaking.
- Fashion--Social aspects.
- Fashion.
- Knitting.
- Tailoring.
- Textile crafts.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xvi, 236 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Distribution:
- [London, England] : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2019.
- Place of Publication:
- London, England : I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd, 2019.
- Summary:
- "A dynamic resurgence in sewing and knitting is under way, with many people enjoying making and mending their own garments at home. However, stories abound of homemade clothes languishing at the back of the wardrobe. Amy Twigger Holroyd draws on ideas of fashion, culture and craft to explore makers' lived experiences of creating and wearing homemade clothes in a society dominated by shop-bought garments. Using the innovative metaphor of fashion as common land, Folk Fashion investigates the complex relationship between making, well-being and sustainability. Twigger Holroyd combines her own experience as a designer and knitter with first-hand accounts from folk fashion makers to explore this fascinating, yet under-examined, area of contemporary fashion culture. Looking to the future, she also considers how sewers and knitters might maximise the radical potential of their activities."-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 Introducing folk fashion
- Chapter 2 The resurgence of folk fashion
- Chapter 3 Identity, connection and the fashion commons
- Chapter 4 Why DIY? The experience of making and wearing homemade
- Chapter 5 Reknitting: an experimental folk fashion practice
- Chapter 6 Patterns, design and creativity
- Chapter 7 Making the wardrobe
- Chapter 8 Folk fashion and the future
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-227) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781350986459
- 1350986453
- 9781838608576
- 1838608575
- OCLC:
- 1128172282
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