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The intersection of fashion and disability : a historical analysis / Kate Annett-Hitchcock.
Loaned to Another Library TT648 .A55 2024
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Log in to request item- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Annett-Hitchcock, Kate, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- People with disabilities--Clothing.
- People with disabilities.
- Fashion design--History.
- Fashion design.
- Genre:
- History.
- History
- Physical Description:
- xx, 227 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2024.
- Summary:
- "From the open discrimination of the 'Ugly Laws' - prohibiting "unsightly beggars" from public places - right through to contemporary adaptive designs and looking to the future of affordable bespoke fashion, this is a unique historical survey of key developments in fashion for people living with disabilities"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction : establishing significance
- Underpinnings : events prior to 1800
- Improvisation and innovation : 1800-1920
- Rehabilitation, independence & finally fashion : 1930s to early 1970s
- Individual appearance management
- between two acts : 1973-1990
- Contemporary design & technology
- The story of disabled makers
- Tying it all together.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781350143104
- 1350143103
- 9781350143111
- 1350143111
- OCLC:
- 1369999839
- Publisher Number:
- 99995041449
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