Fashion / Christopher Breward.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Breward, Christopher, 1965- author.

Series:

Oxford history of art.

Oxford history of art

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fashion.

Fashion--History.

Clothing trade.

Clothing trade--History.

Fashion design.

Fashion design--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (273 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2003]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This lively survey of 150 years of fashion covers everything from Haute Couture to the High Street, and developing fabric technology from silk to fleece. From Coco Chanel to Armani and Alexander McQueen, Breward explores fashion as a cultural phenomenon. Breward examines the glamorous world of Vogue and advertising, the relationship between fashion and film, and fashion as a business, and goes beyond the surface to consider our interaction with fashion. How have our ideas about hygiene and comfort influenced the direction of style? How does our dress create our identity and status? Details of

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part 1 The Production of Fashion; Chapter 1 The Rise of the Designer; Chapter 2 Making Clothes; Chapter 3 Innovating Change; Part 2 The Promotion of Fashion; Chapter 4 Disseminating Desire; Chapter 5 Fashion on the Page; Chapter 6 Fashion and Film; Chapter 7 Shopping for Style; Part 3 The Wearing of Fashion; Chapter 8 Style and Modernity; Chapter 9 Fashion Capitals; Chapter 10 Fashion and Identity; Notes; Further Reading; Timeline; Museums and Websites; List of Illustrations; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V

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Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

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

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-158773-7

OCLC:

883632168