A Cultural History of Fashion in the 20th and 21st Centuries

A Cultural History of Fashion in the 20th and 21st Centuries

Author: Bonnie English

Publisher: A&C Black

Published: 2013-08-01

Total Pages: 313

ISBN-13: 0857851365

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This new edition of a bestselling textbook is designed for students, scholars, and anyone interested in 20th century fashion history. Accessibly written and well illustrated, the book outlines the social and cultural history of fashion thematically, and contains a wide range of global case studies on key designers, styles, movements and events. The new edition has been revised and expanded: there are new sections on eco-fashion, fashion and the museum, major changes in the fashion market in the 21st century (including the impact of new media and retailing networks), new technologies, fashion weeks, the rise of asian fashion centers and more. There are twice as many illustrations. In its second edition, A Cultural History of Fashion in the 20th and 21st Centuries is the ideal introductory text for all students of fashion.


Paris Fashion

Paris Fashion

Author: Valerie Steele

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2017-09-21

Total Pages: 344

ISBN-13: 1474245498

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Paris has been the international capital of fashion for more than 300 years. Even before the rise of the haute couture, Parisians were notorious for their obsession with fashion, and foreigners eagerly followed their lead. From Charles Frederick Worth to Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel, Christian Dior, and Yves Saint Laurent, fashion history is dominated by the names of Parisian couturiers. But Valerie Steele's Paris Fashion is much more than just a history of great designers. This fascinating book demonstrates that the success of Paris ultimately rests on the strength of its fashion culture – created by a host of fashion performers and spectators, including actresses, dandies, milliners, artists, and writers. First published in 1988 to great international acclaim, this pioneering book has now been completely revised and brought up to date, encompassing the rise of fashion's multiple world cities in the 21st century. Lavishly illustrated, deeply learned, and elegantly written, Valerie Steele's masterwork explores with brilliance and flair why Paris remains the capital of fashion.


Twentieth-Century American Fashion

Twentieth-Century American Fashion

Author: Patricia Cunningham

Publisher: Berg Publishers

Published: 2005-03-01

Total Pages: 294

ISBN-13: 9781845200732

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Americans began the twentieth century standing in Europe's sartorial shadow, yet ended by outfitting the world in blue jeans, T-shirts and sneakers. How did this come about? What changes in American culture were reflected in fashion? What role did popular culture play?This important overview of American fashion in the twentieth century considers how Americans went from imitating British and French fashion to developing their own sense of style. It examines such influences on dress as class, jazz and hip hop, war, the space race, movies, television and sports. Further, the book shows how gender, psychology, advertising, public policy, shifting family values, the American design movement and expertise in mass production profoundly influenced an American style that has been exported across the globe. From New York City's Bohemians to Hollywood's stars, Twentieth-Century American Fashion reveals the continuing importance of clothing to American identity and individual experience.


CULTURE AS HISTORY

CULTURE AS HISTORY

Author: Warren Susman

Publisher: Pantheon

Published: 2012-10-17

Total Pages: 481

ISBN-13: 0307826147

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Bringing together for the first time the best of twenty-five years of unique critical work, Warren Susman takes us on a startling tour through the conflicts and events which have transformed the social, political, and cultural face of America in this century. Probing a rich panoply of images from the mass media and advertising, testing prevalent intellectual and economic theories, linking the revolutions in communications and technology to the rise of a new pantheon of popular heroes. Susman documents and analyzes the process through which the older, Puritan-republican, producer-capitalist culture has given way to the leisure-oriented, consumer society we now inhabit: the culture of abundance.


Common Threads

Common Threads

Author: Sally Dwyer-McNulty

Publisher: UNC Press Books

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 272

ISBN-13: 146961409X

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Common Threads: A Cultural History of Clothing in American Catholicism


Italian Fashion since 1945

Italian Fashion since 1945

Author: Emanuela Scarpellini

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2019-07-24

Total Pages: 275

ISBN-13: 3030178129

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In the course of the twentieth century, Italy succeeded in establishing itself as one of the world's preeminent fashion capitals, despite the centuries-old predominance of Paris and London. This book traces the story of how this came to be, guiding readers through the major cultural and economic revolutions of twentieth-century Italy and how they shaped the consumption practices and material lives of everyday Italians. In order to understand the specific character of the “Italian model,” Emanuela Scarpellini considers not only aspects of craftsmanship, industrial production and the evolution of styles, but also the economic and cultural changes that have radically transformed Italy and the international scene within a few decades: the post-war economic miracle, the youth revolution, the consumerism of the 1980s, globalization, the environmentalism of the 2000s and the Italy of today. Written in a lively style, full of references to cinema, literature, art and the world of media, this work offers the first comprehensive overview of a phenomenon that has profoundly shaped recent Italian history.


Modernism

Modernism

Author: Tim Armstrong

Publisher: Polity

Published: 2005-06-17

Total Pages: 186

ISBN-13: 0745629830

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This volume combines a clear overview for those with no prior knowledge or experience of modernism with a subtle argument that will appeal to higher level undergraduates and scholars.


Dress Casual

Dress Casual

Author: Deirdre Clemente

Publisher: UNC Press Books

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 209

ISBN-13: 1469614073

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Dress Casual: How College Students Redefined American Style


Pantone: The Twentieth Century in Color

Pantone: The Twentieth Century in Color

Author: Leatrice Eiseman

Publisher: Chronicle Books

Published: 2011-10-19

Total Pages: 210

ISBN-13: 0811877566

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Pantone, the worldwide color authority, invites you on a rich visual tour of 100 transformative years. From the Pale Gold (15-0927 TPX) and Almost Mauve (12-2103 TPX) of the 1900 Universal Exposition in Paris to the Rust (18-1248 TPX) and Midnight Navy (19-4110 TPX) of the countdown to the Millennium, the 20th century brimmed with color. Longtime Pantone collaborators and color gurus Leatrice Eiseman and Keith Recker identify more than 200 touchstone works of art, products, d cor, and fashion, and carefully match them with 80 different official PANTONE color palettes to reveal the trends, radical shifts, and resurgences of various hues. This vibrant volume takes the social temperature of our recent history with the panache that is uniquely Pantone.