Fashion and age : dress, the body and later life / Julia Twigg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Twigg, Julia, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women's clothing.

Women--Identity.

Women.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (185 p.)

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Throughout history certain forms and styles of dress have been deemed appropriate - or more significantly, inappropriate - for people as they age. Older women in particular have long been subject to social pressure to tone down, to adopt self-effacing, covered-up styles. But increasingly there are signs of change, as older women aspire to younger, more mainstream, styles, and retailers realize the potential of the 'grey market'. Fashion and Age is the first study to systematically explore the links between clothing and age, drawing on fashion theory and cultural gerontology to examine the chan

Contents:

Fashion and Age; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 Clothing, Fashion and the Body; 3 Ageing, Embodiment and Culture; 4 The Voices of Older Women; 5 Dress and the Narration of Life; 6 Magazines, the Media and Mrs Exeter; 7 The High Street Responds: Designingfor the Older Market; 8 Conclusion; Appendix; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed May 7, 2014).

ISBN:

9781472520111

1472520114

9781472520128

1472520122