Fashion

Name: Fashion
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ISBN: 9780192840301

ISBN-10: 0192840304

ISBN-13: 9780192840301

Edition: 1st 2003 (Revised)

Authors: Christopher Breward

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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 dandies, flappers, and punks are contained within a clear overview of the period which will make…

Book details

List price: $27.95
Edition: 1st
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 6/26/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 6.57" wide x 9.37" long x 0.67" tall
Weight: 1.430

Christopher Breward is Professor in Historical and Cultural Studies, London College of Fashion, UK.



Acknowledgements


Introduction



The Production of Fashion



The Rise of the Designer



Making Clothes



Innovating Change



The Promotion of Fashion



Disseminating Desire



Fashion on the Page



Fashion and Film



Shopping for Style



The Wearing of Fashion



Style and Modernity



Fashion Capitals



Fashion and Identity


Notes


Further Reading


Timeline


Museums and Websites


List of Illustrations


Index