Cultural studies: dress and society Books
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Clothing Poverty: The Hidden World of Fast
Book SynopsisHave you ever stopped and wondered where your jeans came from? Who made them and where? Ever wondered where they end up after you donate them for recycling? Following a pair of jeans, Clothing Poverty takes the reader on a vivid around-the-world tour to reveal how clothes are manufactured and retailed, bringing to light how fast fashion and recycling are interconnected. Andrew Brooks shows how recycled clothes are traded across continents, uncovers how retailers and international charities are embroiled in commodity chains which perpetuate poverty, and exposes the hidden trade networks which transect the globe. In this new and updated edition, Brooks retraces his steps to look at the fashion industry today, and considers how, if at all, the industry has changed in response to mounting consumer pressure for more ethical clothing. Stitching together rich narratives, from Mozambican markets, Nigerian smugglers and Chinese factories to London’s vintage clothing scene, TOMS shoes and Vivienne Westwood’s ethical fashion lines, Brooks uncovers the many hidden sides of fashion.Trade ReviewAn interesting and important account. * Daily Telegraph *Revealing. * Independent *Brooks packs a great deal of such detail into a fast-paced and readable book. * Morning Star *This engaging and well-written book focuses on some of the least explored outcomes of the fast-fashion system we all live in – that is, what we increasingly and quickly cast off. * Alessandra Mezzadri, SOAS, University of London *Thought-provoking and insightful. A fascinating, must-read text for those interested in the ethics surrounding sustainability in fashion and design. * Alison Gwilt, author of Fashion Design for Living and A Practical Guide to Sustainable Fashion *By bringing global systems of clothing provision into clearer view, the book offers valuable resources for vigorous debate over what an alternative world might look like. * Gillian Hart, University of California, Berkeley *A lively exploration of the hidden world of fast fashion and second-hand clothing that invites us to think of where our clothes come from. * Karen Tranberg Hansen, Northwestern University *A book that sparks with intelligence, mapping a world that connects inequalities, Vivienne Westwood, post-consumption and second-hand garments. * Kate Fletcher, London College of Fashion *Table of ContentsPreface to the second edition Introduction 1. A biography of jeans 2. Clothes and capital 3. The shadow world of used clothing 4. Cotton is the mother of poverty 5. Made in China and Africa 6. Second-hand Africa 7. Persistent poverty 8. Old clothes and new looks 9. Ethical clothing myths and realities 10. Fast-fashion
£13.29
V & A Publishing Balenciaga: Shaping Fashion
Book SynopsisCristobal Balenciaga (1895-1972) remains one of the most revered and enigmatic of fashion designers. Here, breathtaking illustrations reveal why he is renowned for exceptional tailoring, sculptural shapes, deft manipulation of textiles, and a dramatic use of color. His glamorous clientele included Grace Kelly, Jackie Kennedy, Pauline de Rothschild, Ava Gardner, and Marlene Dietrich; many of his clients dressed almost exclusively in his designs, which were celebrated for being both easy to wear and tailored to flatter any figure. Even today, Balenciaga's name remains synonymous with quality. This fully revised and extended edition of Balenciaga offers a thorough examination of the Spanish-born couturier's designs and business practice, and places him firmly in the context of the time, looking at the country in which he learned his trade and the international fashion scene in which he matured and triumphed. His perfectionism, effortless, iconic style, and the wearability of his clothes continue to influence designers today. Illustrated with archival images as well as stunning new photography, this book explores Balenciaga's legacy in fascinating detail.Trade Review'an intriguing tale, that provides valuable insights to the world of couture and twentieth century fashion. ' -- Olga Dritsopoulou * The Journal of Dress History, Volume 2, Issue 3, Autumn 2018 *Table of ContentsContents; Author's Note; Chapter One - A Spaniard in Paris; In Focus - Between Art and Reality: Chaqeutillas, Mantones and Mantillas; Chapter Two - From Cloth to Collections; In Focus - Crafting Couture: Materials, Techniques and Tools; Chapter Three - Commercial Couture; In Focus - Hidden Assets: Vendeuses, Fashion Editors and Mannequins; Chapter Four - Clients and Clothes; In Focus - Fashion Leaders: Socialite, Bluestocking and Actress; Chapter Five - Legacies; In Focus - Heirs and Followers: Disciple, Apprentice and Successor; Notes; Select Bibliography; Chronology; Glossary' Appendix: Balenciaga's Suppliers; Index; Acknowledgements and Picture Credits
£27.00
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Galliano
Book SynopsisGalliano: Spectacular Fashion is the first detailed guide to the work of one of fashion's greatest talents. Though the designer's otherwise glittering career has been punctured by years out of the limelight, his catalogue of work remains astonishing. Written by internationally renowned fashion expert Kerry Taylor, this beautifully illustrated and meticulously researched book looks in depth at John Galliano's collections from his 1984 graduate show at Saint Martins to his triumphant renaissance at Maison Margiela in 2015.With never-before-seen images of rare designs from private couture archives, close ups revealing the intricacies of garments, and iconic runway shots showing the designer's most innovative creations in motion, this visually rich book examines his revolutionary designs in unprecedented depth. In addition, original interviews with the designer as well as the people who worked closely with him throughout his career shed new light on both the clothes and the contextTrade ReviewAn encyclopaedic chronicle of every show by expert auctioneer Kerry Taylor, who explores the intricate stories behind each collection. * Vogue India *A fascinating chronicle of Galliano’s singular career told through the lens of the collections ... a library essential, not just for anyone interested in fashion — shoppers, curators, collectors, educators, retailers — but also for those intrigued by the pleasures and perils of irrepressible creative genius. [Taylor] has written a captivating, research-driven monograph, collection by collection, with curatorial perfectionism, achieving what is quite possibly the first fashion catalogue raisonnée. * Introspective Magazine *Kerry Taylor's fascinating and important book on Galliano belongs in everyone's fashion library. * Valerie Steele, author of 'Pink' and Director and Chief Curator, the Museum at FIT, New York *Kerry Taylor here offers us a treasure of a book. It shows us, through a series of truly beautiful colour images and intelligent text, the creative development of John Galliano from his graduation show at St. Martin’s in 1984 until his ‘Rehabilitation’ at Galliano and Martin Margiela in 2015. Asone of the world’s most professional, creative, free spirited fashion designers, Galliano spent fifteen years at the apex of the Paris couture industry – at the House of Dior. Here, he boldly twinned together imaginative ideas from world dress and past history, ideas put together magnificently by the salon’s atelier staff. This book reveals this unique story, step by step. It is indeed a treasure of a book. * Lou Taylor, author of 'The Study of Dress History' and Professor Emerita, University of Brighton *Compendious, compelling and visually stunning, this will become the standard reference on Galliano. * Amy de la Haye, co-editor of 'London Couture' and Professor of Dress History and Curatorship, London College of Fashion *The reference work for Galliano, documenting in meticulous detail the ready-to-wear and haute couture collections he’s designed over a 30-year period under his own label, for Givenchy, Dior and Maison Margiela. The careful and wonderfully informed detail in the description of each collection is what distinguishes it from the standard fashion designer monograph, and marks it as the work of a pre-eminent auctioneer and expert in surviving dress. * Alistair O'Neill, author of 'London: After a Fashion' and Professor of Fashion History and Theory, Central Saint Martins *Table of ContentsIntroduction: The Genius of John Galliano Early Days 1984 Graduation Show: Les Incroyables 1985 Spring/Summer: Afghanistan Repudiates Western Ideals 1985-86 Autumn/Winter: The Ludic Game 1985 The Courtelle Collection 1986 Spring/Summer: Fallen Angels 1986-87 Autumn/Winter: Forgotten Innocents 1986 Blitz Denim Jacket Auction 1987 Spring/Summer: Untitled (panniers, viscose) 1987-88 Autumn/Winter: (The Rose) 1988 Spring/Summer: Blanche DuBois 1988-89 Autumn/Winter: (Hairclips) 1989 Spring/Summer: (Charles James) 1989-90 Autumn/Winter: (Nancy Cunard) 1990 Spring/Summer: (Greek widows, African football, 50s cocktail) 1990-91 Autumn/Winter: (Fencing) 1991 Galliano’s Girl 1991 Spring/Summer: Honcho Woman 1992 Spring/Summer: Josephine Bonaparte Meets Lolita 1993 Spring/Summer: Filibustiers 1994 Spring/Summer: Princess Lucretia 1994-95 Autumn/Winter: Black collection 1995 Spring/Summer: Misia Diva (Pin Up) 1995-96 Autumn/Winter: Dolores 1996 Spring/Summer Galliano: L’Ecole de Danse The Move to Givenchy 1996 Spring/Summer Givenchy HC: The Princess and the Pea 1996-97 Autumn/Winter Galliano RTW: Baby Maker Givenchy RTW: Toreador Givenchy HC: Empress Josephine 1997 Spring/Summer Galliano RTW: A Russian Gypsy Named O’Flanneghan Givenchy RTW: (Jane Austen goes to Marrakech) Galliano Arrives at Dior 1997 Spring/Summer Dior HC: Maasai 1997-98 Autumn/Winter Dior RTW: Dior’s Little Sweetheart Pin-ups Galliano RTW: Suzy Sphinx Dior HC: The Edwardian Raj Princesses Chez Dior or Mata Hari 1998 Spring/Summer Dior RTW: In a Boudoir Mood Galliano RTW: Haute Bohemia Dior HC: A Poetic Tribute to the Marchesa Casati 1998-99 Autumn/Winter Dior RTW: Sportswear on Heels Galliano RTW: Cabaret Dior HC: A Voyage on the Diorient Express or The Princess Pocahontas Galliano Fur 1999 Spring/Summer Dior RTW: (Communist/Constructivist) Galliano RTW: Ballets Russes Dior HC: Surrealism 1999-2000 Autumn/Winter Dior RTW: Sportswear Galliano RTW: Maori (Roadworks) Dior HC: The New Generation or Matrix 2000 Spring/Summer Dior RTW: Logomania Galliano RTW: Music Icons Dior HC: Les Clochards or Homeless 2000-01 Autumn/Winter Dior RTW: Fly Girl Galliano RTW: Welcome to our Playground Dior HC: Freud/Fetish 2001 Spring/Summer Dior RTW: Trailer-Park Chic Galliano RTW: Picasso Dior HC: Comic Strip Warriors 2001-02 Autumn/Winter Dior RTW: Untitled (Boxers, Boho & Rave) Galliano RTW: Techno-Romance Dior HC: Rebel Chic 2002 Spring/Summer Dior RTW: Street Chic Galliano RTW: (Africa) Dior HC: From Mongolia to Russia 2002-03 Autumn/Winter Dior RTW: Funky Folklore Galliano RTW: Esquimeau Dior HC: New Glamour 2003 Spring/Summer Dior RTW: Tough Chic Galliano RTW: Bollywood Dior HC: Hardcore Romance 2003-04 Autumn/Winter Dior RTW: Hardcore (Fetish and Japan) Galliano RTW: In the Mood Dior HC: Creating a New Dance 2004 Spring/Summer Dior RTW: Homage to Marlene Galliano RTW: Pretty Baby Dior HC: Egyptian 2004-05 Autumn/Winter Dior RTW: (Teddy Boys & Poiret) Galliano RTW: Mapping the World Dior HC: Empress Sisi/Zsa Zsa Gabor 2005 Spring/Summer Dior RTW: The Latest Blonde Galliano RTW: Too Rich Too Walk Dior HC: Edie Sedgwick meets Empress Josephine 2005-06 Autumn/Winter Dior RTW: Off Duty Icons Galliano RTW: Renée Dior HC: Monsieur Dior’s 100th Birthday Anniversary 2006 Spring/Summer Dior RTW: Nude Galliano RTW: Everybody’s Beautiful Dior HC: The Passion 2006-07 Autumn/Winter Dior RTW: Gothic Chic Galliano RTW: (Gothic Americana) Dior HC: Planet Botticelli 2007 Spring/Summer Dior RTW: Back to Basics Galliano RTW: The Work of Fabergé, As Seen Through The Eyes of Jeff Koons and Roy Lichtenstein Dior HC: Madame Butterfly 2007-08 Autumn/Winter Dior RTW: (Return to Luxury) Galliano RTW: The Family that Eats Together, Stays Together Dior HC: Bal des Artistes 2008 Spring/Summer Dior RTW: Gangster Girls Galliano RTW: It’s all in the Stars or Grey Gardens Dior HC: Madame X & Klimt 2008-09 Autumn/Winter Dior RTW: Pure Glamour Galliano: Pleasure Dome Dior HC: Contemporary Couture 2009 Spring/Summer Dior RTW: Tribal Chic Galliano RTW: British Dior HC: Flemish Old Masters 2009-10 Autumn/Winter Dior RTW: Orientalist Galliano RTW: (Ice Princesses) Dior HC: Cabine Fever 2010 Spring/Summer Dior RTW: Film Noir Galliano RTW: (Silver Screen) Dior HC: Equestrienne/Charles James 2010-11 Autumn/Winter Dior RTW: The Seduction of the Libertine Galliano RTW: (Nomadic Princesses) Dior HC: Floral Line 2011 Spring/Summer Dior RTW: South Pacific Galliano RTW: Portrait of the Muse Dior HC: Rene Gruau 2011-12 Autumn/Winter Dior RTW: (English Romantic Poets) Galliano RTW: Untitled Rehabilitation Galliano and Martin Margiela 2015 Spring/Summer Margiela Artisanal collection Index
£42.50
Rizzoli International Publications Nike SB The Dunk Book
Book SynopsisThe first book on Nike's iconic DUNK SB, a mid-rise basketball court staple that has in the last two decades become a colorful (and often irreverent) icon of skate and street wear.Created in 2002, the Nike Dunk was adopted from the court by skateboarders and sneakerheads to become an icon of the streets. An early catalyst to evolving sneaker culture as we know it today, the Nike Dunk has enjoyed a storied legacy of reinvention through numerous iterations and creative collaborations proving to be an integral part of a culture obsessed with sneakers. To celebrate this legacy, Nike SB: The Dunk Book is the first book to present the historical archive of one of the most important shoes ever created. Worn by an ever-growing list of elite riders at competitions all over the world, Nike Dunks are prized as much for their funky, one-of-a-kind designs as well as their high performance.Nike SB: The Dunk Book is filled with stunning images that tell the viTrade Review"Why would you look at your phone when you can pore over this meticulously curated photographic history of the Nike SB Dunk? Rarely seen images of signature colors are coupled with anecdotes from the likes of Futura and Paul Rodriguez for a visually compelling story of how your favorite pairs came to be." —New York Magazine "Released earlier this year, Rizzoli’s comprehensive history of the Nike SB Dunk tells the story of how a basketball silhouette became one of the most important skate shoes of all time. The 350-page book features a number of iconic SB Dunk releases — including the Staple Pigeon Dunks, Paris Dunks and Supreme Dunk SBs — as well as archive photography of Nike SB skaters including Eric Koston, Richard Mulder and more wearing the sneakers. Another stand-out feature of Nike SB: The Dunk Book is personal anecdotes from the likes of Futura and Paul Rodriguez about the silhouette." —Hypebeast
£56.25
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Edwardian Fashion
Book SynopsisRenowned for its graciousness and elegance, the fashions of the 1910s would undergo some quite revolutionary changes. In the early years of Edward VII''s reign fashionable ladies wore delicately colored, flower-and-lace-trimmed trailing gowns over tight corsets, accessorized by elaborate hairstyles. Women scoured the new fashion magazines to see the new designs from Parisian couturiers, such as Worth and Jeanne Paquin. From around 1906, these excessively luxurious fashions began to fade away, with a new designer, Paul Poiret, causing a stir with his richly colored column gowns and turbans. By 1914, women''s wear was transformed with women wearing boldly colored, dramatically stylized Eastern-inspired kimono wraps, slender hobble skirts, ankle-skimming tunic dresses and turbans. Daniel Milford-Cottam explains these new developments in fashion, and how different fashions were worn by both the most fashionable ladies, and those on more limited budgets. The book will also look at the evoluTable of ContentsIntroduction: Setting the Scene / 1901–5: An Era of Unremitting Opulence / 1906–10: Artistic Modes and the Directoire Girl / Menswear: Morning Coats and Lounge Suits / 1910–14: Hobble Skirts and Exoticism / Epilogue: The First World War / Further Reading / Index
£8.99
Penguin Books Ltd Loved Clothes Last
Book Synopsis''It''s important that everyone with an interest in fashion reads this book so we can live on a healthier planet'' Arizona Muse ''The most timely book you''ll read this year'' India Knight* * * * * Running out of space for the clothes you can''t stop buying? Curious about how you can make a difference to the environmental challenges our planet faces? Join Orsola''s care revolution and learn to make the clothes you love, last longer.This book will equip you with a myriad of ways to mend, rewear and breathe new life into your wardrobe to achieve a more sustainable lifestyle. By teaching you to scrutinise your shopping habits and make sustainable purchases, she will inspire you to buy better, care more and reduce your carbon footprint by simply making your loved clothes last longer.Following Orsola''s practical tips to lavish care and attention on the clothes you already own will not only have a positive environmental impact, but will be personally rewarding too: hand wash, steam and spot clean your clothes, air dry instead of tumble drying, or revive your clothes by sewing or crocheting.Fast fashion leaves behind a trail of human and environmental exploitation. Our wardrobes don''t have to be the finish line; they can be a starting point. We can all care, repair and rewear. Do you accept the challenge?* * * * *''An incredibly thoughtful, must-read guide'' Kenya Hunt''A must read for anyone who wants to understand the fashion industry as an outsider and wants direction as to where we go next'' Aja BarberTrade ReviewOrsola's writing is musical and I hear her song through every word. It's important that everyone with an interest in fashion reads this book so we can live on a healthier planet * Arizona Muse *An incredibly thoughtful, must-read guide to future-proofing our wardrobes and most importantly the planet [...] Loved Clothes Last will change the way you see your wardrobe and how our day to day actions impact the environment * Kenya Hunt, Fashion Director, Grazia UK *The most timely book you'll read this year. We all know that the people who make our clothes are mistreated and underpaid, and we all feel a free-floating anxiety about it. But what to do? This brilliant, witty, eye-opening book will tell you * India Knight *This book is a must read for anyone who wants to understand the fashion industry as an outsider and wants direction as to where we go next. The industry is often shrouded in mystery and this book breaks it down in bite size pieces * Aja Barber, writer, activist and fashion consultant *An indispensable guide to the ethical and sustainable fashion resistance, from the woman who helped launch it into the stratosphere * Elizabeth L. Cline *Loved Clothes Last walks the small steps we can take to stop participating in this throw away culture. She talks of clothes as our "chosen skin" [...] With a needle we sew and repair clothes, but also the tears and ruptures in our relationship with nature and society. Read her book to bring love and beauty, uniqueness and permanence back in your life * Dr Vandana Shiva, scholar, author, environmental activist, and food sovereignty advocate *Congrats Orsola on crafting such a complex far reaching and urgent global issue into a helpful inspiring book with simple steps that we can all commit too and benefit from straight away * Melissa Hemsley, author and columnist for British Vogue *This book is the culmination of Orsola's lifetime of experience as a clothes healer, a mender, a designer, a radical thinker and a constant source of inspiration. She is a true pioneer, the Queen of Upcycling, an unending source of brilliant advice and truly creative ideas that will literally turn the way you think about fashion and your relationship with your clothes upside down * Tamsin Blanchard, Fashion Journalist and author *Loved Clothes Last serves as a wonderful antithesis to the idea that fashion is inherently bad. Showing us the problems that we are facing, however, showing us even more solutions and ways to individually, and collectively, make a change * Wilson Oryema, artist and writer *Always a fan of Orsola, her thinking & doing. You'll not want to put her new book down! * Safia Minney, MBE, Founder People Tree, Author & Climate Activist *A high energy book which brings powerful ideas of change to a new audience * Professor Kate Fletcher, Centre for Sustainable Fashion, University of the Arts London *This is such a progressive step for humanity! Orsola makes changing our consumption habits and saving our planet a fun and doable practice. With all the glaringly obvious facts, how can we not take part in the fashion revolution? Yes to mending, repairing and rewearing! * Samantha Moyo, ‘Extinction Rebellion Together’ Diversity Coordinator *A helpful inspiring book with simple steps that we can all commit too and benefit from straight away * Melissa Hemsley, author and columnist for British Vogue *I'm a huge admirer of Orsola and her work. I love this book's mindful approach to looking after our clothes, giving us the tools to love them for longer and show respect to the people who made them * Venetia La Manna 'Slow fashion campaigner, broadcaster and co-founder of Remember Who Made Them' *Hands down Academic Couture. Loved Clothes Last is a beautifully constructed and eloquently written masterpiece. Orsola weaves the importance of the cultural influence of the fashion industry, how it's destroyed us and how it can save us with the economic and environmental impact on people and planet, the beauty of buttons and how to darn a sock, she successfully interlaces "why we wear" with "why we should care * Patrick Duffy *Orsola represents both radical grace and graceful radicalness. This book is a super inspiring how to guide for all of us that want to emulate her * Alice Jay, activist and conservationist *
£10.44
Taschen GmbH Gisele Bündchen
Book SynopsisBorn in the Brazilian countryside, and nearly six feet tall by the age of 14, Gisele Bündchen grew from humble roots into one of the most successful supermodels in the world. This book celebrates her 20-year milestone in the industry with a unique and spectacular collection of jaw-dropping glamour and intimate, personal insights. Gisele was just 18 when she made her breakthrough in the S/S 1998 ready-to-wear “Rain” show of Alexander McQueen, who chose “The Body” thanks to her ability to walk in towering heels on a slippery runway. The same year, Gisele secured her first British Vogue cover, and swiftly became the most in-demand cover girl of her generation. The following year, she was chosen for the cover of American Vogue, shot by Steven Meisel, and lauded as “the return of the sexy model” with her bronzed, athletic beauty defying late-’90s grunge. Since then, Gisele has appeared on more than 1,000 covers around the globe, in approximately 450 fashion shows, and in multinational campaigns for the biggest fashion and beauty brands. With more than 300 photographs, this book is curated and art directed by Giovanni Bianco. From Gisele’s legendary nude portrait by Irving Penn, chosen as the book’s cover, to iconic shots from such industry luminaries as Steven Meisel, Mario Testino, Peter Lindbergh, David LaChapelle, Juergen Teller, Inez & Vinoodh, Mert Alas & Marcus Piggott, and Corinne Day, it is a unique artistic presentation of the most famous Brazilian export together with Pelé and Senna and the highest-earning model in the world. The breathtaking image collection is accompanied by an introduction by Steven Meisel and tributes from Gisele’s closest friends, family, and fashion leaders, who shed light on how and why she has become one of the greatest models of all time.Gisele is donating all her proceeds from the book to charity. Trade Review“…a retrospective of some of her most daring, controversial, and revealing editorial and commercial projects of the past 20 years.” * W Magazine *“[Gisele Bündchen] offers readers a sense of exclusivity and timelessness – one of those once-in-a-lifetime purchases to own a sliver of Bündchen’s inimitable legacy.” * garagemag.com *
£76.00
The History Press Ltd The Jermyn Street Shirt
Book SynopsisJermyn Street in St James's, London, has been the Mecca of fine British shirtmaking for more than a century. Patrons have included Cary Grant, Frank Sinatra, Roger Moore, the Beatles, Warren Beatty, Pierce Brosnan, the Prince of Wales, Sir Michael Caine and Ronald Reagan. Between them, these shirtmaking artisans have styled that most debonair of onscreen heroes, James Bond. Indeed, the Jermyn Street shirt is the ultimate in entry-level luxury menswear. For many years seen as a stuffy and elitist institution, the advent of Instagram has seen the doors to the world's finest shirtmakers blown open as tailoring enthusiasts come together to share their passion.The Jermyn Street Shirt includes a wealth of sartorial showbusiness anecdotes as well as style tips from some of the big screen's most dapper stars. With unique access to many of the makers, including Turnbull & Asser, Hilditch & Key and Budd, Jonathan Sothcott presents an expertly curated pict
£21.25
Penguin Books Ltd In Paris 20 Women on Life in the City of Light
Book SynopsisThe perfect book for anyone who has ever dreamed of living in Paris Profiles of twenty real-life women of Paris - artists, activists, booksellers, and filmmakers, aged fourteen to seventy, living in tiny attic studios, grand apartments, or houseboats - are accompanied by more than 100 full-colour photographs by French it-girl and fashion designer Jeanne Damas, as well as tips on secret Parisian hideaways and the French art de vivre: from the five types of red wine to order depending on the occasion, and the coolest bars to drink them in, to the best red lipsticks, and places to be kissed. In Paris dispels the myth that there is only one type of Parisian woman, and offers a rare glimpse of the city that real Parisiennes live in - taking us into their homes, their careers, their style - and what being Parisian means to them. Witty, elegant, and modern, In Paris reveals the secret to living like a Parisian, wherever Trade ReviewA love letter to Paris . . . sprinkled with quirky, authoritative guidelines on Paris living * Wall Street Journal *Shining a spotlight on the lives and style of twenty true Parisians, this elegant coffee-table book - encompassing 100 rich and vibrant photographs - is an inclusive look at style, spanning a diverse pool of women that include artists, activists, booksellers, and filmmakers, and ages ranging from teens through to those in their seventies. * Because Magazine *Jeanne Damas is the coolest, most beautiful French girl. Women of all ages loves Damas because she exudes that elusive French insouciance. . . [She is] a treasure trove of the kind of information [about Paris] only a true native can provide * GQ *I loved it - so French and so cool -- Alexandra Fullerton, author of How to Dress and Fashion Director at Large/Glamour UKIf you enjoyed my book, The New Garconne, I think you'll love In Paris -- Navaz Batliwalla, author of 'The New Garconne'Jeanne Damas is the epitome of 'French Girl Cool' * Man Repeller *Jeanne Damas is the name on the lips of le tout Paris right now, as the Paris girl personified * Vogue France *One of the most stylish French girls around * Who What Wear *A portrait of Paris itself emerges . . . in these tributes to a fabled city . . . reminding armchair travelers that if we can't all be Parisians, maybe we can at least go there someday * Booklist *
£15.29
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Veil
Book SynopsisObject Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. The veil can be an instrument of feminist empowerment, and veiled anonymity can confer power to women. Starting from her own marriage ceremony at which she first wore a full veil, Rafia Zakaria examines how veils do more than they get credit for. Part memoir and part philosophical investigation, Veil questions that what is seen is always good and free, and that what is veiled can only signal servility and subterfuge. From personal encounters with the veil in France (where it is banned) to Iran (where it is compulsory), Zakaria shows how the garment's reputation as a pre-modern relic is fraught and up for grabs. The veil is an object in constant transformation, whose myriad meanings challenge the absolute truths of patriarchy. Object Lessons is published in partnership with an essay series in The Atlantic.Trade ReviewRafia Zakaria, journalist and author, unravels the complex nexus of attitudes, policies, and histories revolving around this object in her fascinating new book, Veil. She demonstrates how the object can serve as a moral delineator, a disciplinary measure, a signifier of goodness, or as a means to subvert or rebel social norms. Through personal narratives and detailed analysis of various social and political conditions Zakaria offers an engaging and nuanced assessment of the veil in the contemporary context. * New Books Network *An intellectually bracing, beautifully written exploration of an item of clothing all too freighted with meaning. * Molly Crabapple, artist, journalist, and author of Drawing Blood (2015) *Rafia Zakaria’s Veil shifts the balance away from white secular Europe toward the experience of Muslim women, mapping the stereotypical representations of the veil in Western culture and then reflecting, in an intensely personal way, on the many meanings that the veil can have for the people who wear it … Zakaria’s more personal, philosophical approach is intended to contest the singular meaning that the veil has acquired in much of the West. By exploring the subjective experiences of the veil, we begin to see how both wearing it and not wearing it have profound psychic resonances for those who make these choices, as well as for those who regard it with hostility or even just curiosity … [Veil is] useful and important, providing needed insight and detail to deepen our understanding of how we got here—a necessary step for thinking about whether and how we might be able to move to a better place. * Joan W. Scott, The Nation *I admired Rafia Zakaria’s Veil months even before I read it … Her engaging prose is just what I hoped to find inside this little book, which is composed of short vignettes on the veil rather than a sustained philosophical treaty. * Reading Religion *Slim but formidable. * London Review of Books *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Submission 2. Purity, Necessity Unity 3. Rebellion 4. Feminism 5. Submissive or Submersive Epilogue Index
£9.49
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC A Cultural History of Dress and Fashion in the
Book SynopsisOver the last century there has been a complete transformation of the fashion system. The unitary top-down fashion cycle has been replaced by the pulsations of multiple and simultaneous styles, while the speed of global production and circulation has become ever faster and more complex. Running in tandem, the development of artificial fibres has revolutionized the composition of clothing, and the increased focus on youth, sexuality, and the body has radically changed its design. From the 1920s flapper dress to debates over the burkini, fashion has continued to be deeply involved in society's larger issues.Drawing on a wealth of visual, textual and object sources and illustrated with over 100 images, A Cultural History of Dress and Fashion in the Modern Age presents essays on textiles, production and distribution, the body, belief, gender and sexuality, status, ethnicity, and visual and literary representations to illustrate the diversity and cultural significance of Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Introduction Alexandra Palmer (Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Canada) Chapter 1 – Textiles Susan Ward (Independent scholar and curator, USA) Chapter 2 – Production and Distribution Veronique Pouillard (University of Oslo, Norway) Chapter 3 – The Body Adam Geczy (University of Sydney, Australia) and Vicki Karaminas (Massey University, New Zealand) Chapter 4 – Belief Susan J. Palmer (Concordia University, Canada) and Paul Gareau (University of Alberta, Canada) Chapter 5 – Gender and Sexuality Annamari Vanska (Aalto University, Finland) Chapter 6 – Status Jane Tynan (Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London, UK) Chapter 7 – Ethnicity Simona Segre Reinach (Bologna University, Italy) Chapter 8 – Visual Representations Rachael Barron-Duncan (Central Michigan University, USA) Chapter 9 – Literary Representations Irene Gammel (Toronto Metropolitan University, Canada) and Katherine Mulhallen (Toronto Metropolitan University, Canada) Notes Bibliography Notes on Contributors Index
£26.59
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC A Cultural History of Dress and Fashion in
Book SynopsisWhilst seemingly simple garments such as the tunic remained staples of the classical wardrobe, sources from the period reveal a rich variety of changing styles and attitudes to clothing across the ancient world. Covering the period 500 BCE to 800 CE and drawing on sources ranging from extant garments and architectural iconography to official edicts and literature, this volume reveals Antiquity's preoccupation with dress, which was matched by an appreciation of the processes of production rarely seen in later periods. From a courtesan's sheer faux-silk garb to the sumptuous purple dyes of an emperor's finery, clothing was as much a marker of status and personal expression as it was a site of social control and anxiety. Contemporary commentators expressed alarm in equal measure at the over-dressed, the excessively ascetic or at barbarian' silhouettes. Richly illustrated with 100 images, A Cultural History of Dress and Fashion in Antiquity presents an overview Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Introduction Mary Harlow (University of Leicester, UK) Chapter 1 – Textiles Eva Andersson Strand (University of Copenhagen, Denmark) and Ulla Mannering (National Museum of Denmark) Chapter 2 – Production and Distribution Kerstin Droß-Krüpe (University of Kassel, Germany) Chapter 3 – The Body Glenys Davies (University of Edinburgh, UK) and Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones (Cardiff University, UK) Chapter 4 – Belief Carly Daniel Hughes (Concordia University, Canada) Chapter 5 – Gender and Sexuality Glenys Davies (University of Edinburgh, UK) and Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones (Cardiff University, UK) Chapter 6 – Status Kelly Olson (Western University, Canada) Chapter 7 – Ethnicity Ursula Rothe (Open University, UK) Chapter 8 – Visual Representations Lena Larsson Lovén (University of Gothenburg, Sweden) Chapter 9 – Literary Representations Mary Harlow (University of Leicester, UK) Notes Bibliography Notes on Contributors Index
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC The Visible Self
Book SynopsisAll over the world, people get dressed, mostly for the same reasons. Why, then, do we look so different from each other? The answers lie in the constellations of factors that contribute to the human condition, from climate to conformity, gender expression to race and ethnicity.Beginning with the body as the organizing principle around which to study dress, this 50th anniversary edition of The Visible Self makes sense of humans as biological, social, and aesthetic creatures based on cross-disciplinary concepts and examples. It explores the daily act of dress in cultures around the world, using the word dress to describe the wide variety of behaviors connected to the act of adorning our bodiesor notthrough the use of clothing, modifications, and/or supplements. Political economies are addressed holistically to understand the global world through contemporary topics such as racism and how dress can be used to sustain or rebel against dominant structures. With current examples and rTable of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments Part I: Body, Dress, and Culture Chapter 1 The Body Chapter 2 The Classification System for Dress Chapter 3 Dress, Culture, and Society Part II: Political Economies and Dress Chapter 4 Political Economies and Dress Chapter 5 Fashion, The Body, and Culture Part III: Art, Aesthetics, and Dress Chapter 6 The Art of Creating Dress Chapter 7 Standards, Ideals, and the Art of Dress Chapter 8 Conformity and Individuality in Dress Chapter 9 Dress and the Arts Chapter 10 One World of Dress Appendix Bibliography Credits for Figures Index
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ACC Art Books Diana: A Life in Dresses: From Debutante to Style
Book Synopsis"... fashion journalist Claudia Joseph opens the door to the world’s most coveted closet." — Elle "Diana: A Life in Dresses chronicles Princess Diana’s sartorial evolution from her early shopping days at Harrods to working with world-renowned designers like Catherine Walker." — Harpers Bazaar "This stylish survey traces Di’s evolution from unsophisticated debutante to fashion icon, telling the stories behind her most famous, and infamous, dresses." — New York Post ‘I literally had one long dress, one silk shirt, one smart pair of shoes and that was it’ – so Princess Diana said of the day she and Prince Charles got engaged. Sixteen years later, Diana would die, no longer the girl with one dress, but a global fashion icon who had raised more than £2 million for charity by selling 79 of her dresses at Christie’s auction house in New York. This chic and stylish book opens Diana’s wardrobe to the world. From the Regamus debutante’s dress Diana wore at a ball at Althorp, her family estate, to her infamous Christina Stambolian ‘Revenge’ dress, which she wore on the night Prince Charles publicly admitted his adultery with Camilla Parker Bowles, each iconic moment is captured in these pages. Claudia Joseph chronicles Diana’s style evolution from the days she shopped with her mother for her wedding trousseau at Harrods, to her discovery of her wedding dress designers, the Emanuels, and her relationship with Vogue fashion director Anna Harvey, who introduced her to designers such as Catherine Walker, Jacques Azagury and Versace. She looks at the designers who shaped Diana’s image and tracks down her most symbolic dresses to museums around the world.Trade Review"Fashion journalist Claudia Joseph says Diana's impact on British culture was 'vital' highlighting how she 'spoke for a section of society that had been ignored up until then'." - LBC radio"A new book out from ACC ART BOOKS, fashion journalist Claudia Joseph opens the door to the world’s most coveted closet." - Elle"Diana: A Life in Dresses chronicles Princess Diana’s sartorial evolution from her early shopping days at Harrods to working with world-renowned designers like Catherine Walker." - Harpers Bazaar"See never-before-seen sketches of Princess Diana's most iconic outfits." - Tom + Lorenzo"Princess Diana’s legacy reaches far beyond fashion, but she is still the 20th century’s greatest style icon." - Yahoo News"Diana, Princess of Wales's wardrobe was the envy of women all over the world and her trailblazing sense of style inspired copycats everywhere." - Hello"The American press dubbed the showstopper the "Revenge Dress," while Britain’s Telegraph newspaper described it as the "pièce de résistance," and claimed it was "possibly the most strategic dress ever worn by a woman in modern times."" - InStyle"This stylish survey traces Di’s evolution from unsophisticated debutante to fashion icon, telling the stories behind her most famous, and infamous, dresses." - New York Post"Diana used the dress to reclaim her space in the narrative—asserting herself and her independence." - Town and Country Magazine"Before she was to marry the future King of England, Lady Diana Spencer was a shy young debutante with a sparse – and far from designer – wardrobe. Now a new book traces her style journey from ingenue to icon and the moments that led to the most famous dress of all time." - Australian Women's Weekly"look no further than Princess Diana’s ski outfits as they serve as the ultimate inspiration. In fact, the experienced skier’s bold, bright ensembles proved that she was the original queen of the slopes." - The Zoe Report"The stories behind the gowns." - ICONSA suggested read from Polit - PolitCommerce"Princess Diana knew the 'importance of dressing' - would often choose 'bright colours'" - read an interview with Claudia Joseph - Daily Express"Princess Diana really wanted her “revenge dress” be made in white colour as she was not convinced it would look better in black." - Geo.tv"Princess Diana almost chose a very different revenge dress — until someone super close to her intervened." - She Knows"Now, Claudia Joseph, author of Diana: A Life in Dresses, is sharing a well-kept secret about that ensemble that set the fashion world on fire." - Yahoo!"When she was with Charles, she didn’t wear heels because she didn’t want to stand towering above him. But once they divorced, she could wear what she wanted." - Marie Claire"While Diana has continued to inspire style in the years after her death, the U.K. native’s wardrobe wasn’t always so expansive." - Us WeeklyClaudia Joseph gives an interview to Royally Us Podcast from US Weekly - Royally Us Podcast"You cannot talk about the late princess without talking about the picture of her walking out of that car in that black Christina Stambolian dress." - Huffington Post UK"The mystery of how three of Diana's famous dresses were found in a second-hand shop... after being left there by Fergie's mother!" - Daily Mail"Magnificent portraits, detailed individual photographs as well as dress designs including cuts, fabrics and colours in which they are to be created make this book a fashion diary of the princess of hearts." - Lovely Books GermanyArticle by Diana author Claudia Joseph on an auction inspired by Hepburn, Garbo and Hollywood glamour. - The Daily MailTable of ContentsINTRODUCTION From Young Ingénue to Style Icon 6 The Christie’s Auction 8 REGAMUS The Debutante Dress 10 COJANA The Pretty Woman Moment 12 THE EMANUELS 14 The Engagement Blouse 16 The Black Ballgown 18 The Wedding Gown 20 The Tartan Suit 28 The Fairytale Ballgown 30 The Bahrain Day Dress 32 The Bahrain Evening Gown 34 BELLVILLE SASSOON 38 The Going Away Outfit 42 The Caledonian Ballgown 46 The Black Watch Frock 48 The Cocktail Dress 52 GINA FRATINI 54 The Black Polka Dot Number 56 BILL PASHLEY The Honeymoon Suit 58 JASPER CONRAN 60 The Red Suit 62 CAROLINE CHARLES 66 The Braemar Dress 68 The Burgundy Dress 70 BRUCE OLDFIELD 74 The White Lace Gown 78 The Black Velvet Ballgown 80 The Crushed Velvet Gown 82 CATHERINE WALKER 86 The New Zealand Ensemble 88 The Back to the Future Gown 92 The Mermaid Dress 94 The Grace Kelly Gown 96 The Stately Gown 98 The Bangkok Ballgown 100 The Peach Polka Dot Dress 102 The French Gown 106 The Tulip Gown 108 The Elvis Dress 112 The Burgundy Velvet Gown 114 The Scottish Gown 116 The Liza Minelli Gown 118 The India Dress 122 The Spencer House Gown 124 The Madame Grès Gown 126 The Petal Pink Ballet Dress 128 The Red Cross Gown 130 The Mughal Dress 132 THE FINAL SHOOT 134 The Grey Gown 135 The Tuxedo Dress 136 The Ivory Gown 137 The Gala Gown 138 VICTOR EDELSTEIN 140 The Travolta Gown 142 The Terence Donovan Gown 146 The Spanish Dancer Dress 150 ARABELLA POLLEN The Ruffled Suit 154 HACHI The One-Shouldered Gown 158 ZANDRA RHODES 162 The Cherry Blossom Gown 164 The White Silk Chiffon Gown 168 JACQUES AZAGURY 172 The Red Mini 174 The Black Fishtail Dress 178 The Ice Blue Shift 180 The Lady in Red 184 The Black Chantilly Lace Dress 186 KATHERINE CUSACK The Blue Velvet Gown 190 YUKI The Diplomatic Dress 192 MURRAY ARBEID The Star Attraction 194 ESCADA The Pink Suit 198 CHANEL 200 The Red Coat 202 The Mint Green Suit 204 TOMASZ STARZEWSKI 206 The Cocktail Dress 208 VERSACE 210 The Patrick Demarchelier Gown 212 CHRISTINA STAMBOLIAN The Revenge Dress 214 EPILOGUE Diana’s Legacy 220 Acknowledgements 222 Featured museums 223 Image credits 224
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Fashion History
Book SynopsisFashion History: A Global View proposes a new perspective on fashion history. Arguing that fashion has occurred in cultures beyond the West throughout history, this groundbreaking book explores the geographic places and historical spaces that have been largely neglected by contemporary fashion studies, bringing them together for the first time.Reversing the dominant narrative that privileges Western Europe in the history of dress, Welters and Lillethun adopt a cross-cultural approach to explore a vast array of cultures around the globe. They explore key issues affecting fashion systems, ranging from innovation, production and consumption to identity formation and the effects of colonization. Case studies include the cross-cultural trade of silk textiles in Central Asia, the indigenous dress of the Americas and of Hawai''i, the cosmetics of the Tang Dynasty in China, and stylistic innovation in sub-Saharan Africa. Examining the new lessons that can be deciphered from aTrade ReviewFashion History: A Global View is inspirational for new studies on fashion history by showing how new styles were initiated at times, in places and in ways that ordinarily are not included in fashion history. The book can further extend the way fashion history is taught at the colleges and the universities. * Markets, Globalization & Development Review *How wonderfully well-timed is this book! A milestone in the field, Fashion History marks a point to which fashion scholarship has been evolving, and at which we can now pause and take stock. -- Antonia Finnane, University of Melbourne, Australia.This new fashion world history persuasively argues for a definition of fashion beyond the modern west. From Chinese lip fashions to ‘vernacular version of the standard suit’ (shorts and T shirts) this is an essential overview of the development and state of the field. Ranging in topic from the Ancient World to past and present East, South and South-east Asia, the book will surprise and delight. Notable for its clarity and precision, illustrated with fascinating examples, the book is essential reading for all students and devotees of fashion and its histories. -- Peter McNeil, University of Technology Sydney, Australia and Aalto University, FinlandTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Foreword by Joanne B. Eicher Acknowledgments 1. Introduction: Europe and the People Without Fashion Part I. Understanding Fashion and Its History 2. The Lexicon of Fashion 3. Fashion Systems 4. How We Got Here Part II. Outside the Canon: Alternative Fashion Histories 5. Fashion Systems in Prehistory and the Americas 6. Fashion Systems and Trade Networks in the Eastern Hemisphere 7. Fashion Systems in East, South and Southeast Asia 8. Alternative Fashion Histories in Euro-America 9. Global Fashion 10. Conclusion Bibliography Index
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HarperCollins Publishers To Die for Is Fashion Wearing Out the World
Book SynopsisAn expose on the fashion industry written by the Observer''s ''Ethical Living'' columnist, examining the inhumane and environmentally devastating story behind the clothes we so casually buy and wear.Coming at a time when the global financial crisis and contracting of consumer spending is ushering in a new epoch for the fashion industry, To Die For offers a very plausible vision of how green could really be the new black.Taking particular issue with our current mania for both big-name labels and cheap fashion, To Die For sets an agenda for the urgent changes that can and need to be made by both the industry and the consumer. Far from outlining a future of drab, ethical clothing, Lucy Siegle believes that it is indeed possible to be an ''ethical fashionista'', simply by being aware of how and where (and by whom) clothing is manufactured.The global banking crisis has put the consumer at a crossroads: when money is tight should we embrace cheap fast fashion to prop up an already engorged w
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HarperCollins Publishers The Times British Royal Fashion
Book SynopsisA beautiful gift for those with a fashionable eyeLong before Diana's revenge dress took the world by storm or Princess Anne's sunglasses went viral, there has always been a fascination with members of the Royal Family and the significance behind their style.The Times has been documenting this fascination for more than 200 years from the early Regency period to modern day and has borne witness to the evolution of the Crown's carefully curated public image. With access to the rich history of The Times archive, this authoritative account peels back the layers of silk and chiffon to re-examine the royals who captured the public imagination through their inimitable style.The perfect gift for royal watchers and fashion lovers alike, this lavishly illustrated volume features:A foreword by Anna Murphy, author and Fashion Director of The TimesStunning full-colour photography, rarely seen archival images and fashion sketchesArticles from The Times archive, which reveal fascinating social comme
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Vintage Publishing Kimono
Book SynopsisLiza Dalby is an anthropologist specialising in Japanese culture and the only Westerner to have become a geisha. She is the author of The Tale of Murasaki, Geisha and consulted on Steven Spielberg's film of Memoirs of a Geisha. She lives in California with her husband and three children.Trade ReviewShe offers a tour of the cultural collisions that have become part of the fabric not just of the kimono but of modern Japan. It is a tour well worth taking * Wall Street Journal *An impressive, unusual and beautiful book. There are many valuable insights here – not only about Japanese clothing but also about patterns of gender, class and identity in Japanese culture -- Joseph J. Tobin, author of 'Re-Made in Japan'A lively, informative study of the kimono, tracing its evolution throughout Japanese history to its current status as the national dress of Japan… At once scholarly and enjoyable reading * Journal of Japanese Studies *
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Penguin Books Ltd Inside Vogue
Book SynopsisThe secret diary of Vogue Editor-in-Chief Alexandra Shulman and the real story behind the BBC ABSOLUTELY FASHION documentary.''One of the great social diaries of our time . . . should become a classic.'' Sunday Times''Eye-popping, brilliantly candid'' Evening StandardWhat a year for Vogue! Alexandra Shulman reveals the emotional and logistical minefield of producing the 100th anniversary issue (that Duchess of Cambridge cover surprise), organizing the star-studded Vogue 100 Gala, working with designers from Victoria Beckham to Karl Lagerfeld and contributors from David Bailey to Alexa Chung. All under the continual scrutiny of a television documentary crew.But narrowly-contained domestic chaos hovers - spontaneous combustion in the kitchen, a temperamental boiler and having to send bin day reminders all the way from Milan fashion week. For anyone who wants to know what the life of a fashion magazine ediTrade ReviewOne of the great social diaries of our time . . . should become a classic. * Sunday Times *Eye-popping, brilliantly candid. * Evening Standard *Shulman is particularly good on insightful character sketches . . . she is also happy to reveal occasional flashes of her own character and insecurities. * Sunday Express *Completely compelling . . . fascinating . . . refreshingly unfiltered . . . reminds you what a good writer she is. * GQ *[Shulman] writes surprisingly frankly . . . a funny, pacy book. -- Hadley Freeman * Guardian *Candid, introspective, generous and witty -- Nicky Haslam * Spectator *A delicious surprise of a book . . . [Shulman is] a first rate diarist * Mail on Sunday *A witty corrective to the BBC's rather flaccid documentary . . . Shulman's skill for casual self-deprecation and the unfiltered wry aside offer a far more nuanced insight into the mammoth task of managing brand Vogue. * Financial Times, ‘Best Books of 2016’ *
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University of Illinois Press The Female Economy The Millinery and Dressmaking
Book SynopsisExplores a lost world of women's dominance.Trade Review"Gamber's analysis is careful and nuanced, showing at every point the mixed impact of the processes of change in the lives of tradewomen and their customers. . . . A valuable contribution to women's labor, business, and social history as well as to the emerging history of consumption."--Susan Porter Benson, author of Counter Cultures: Saleswomen, Managers, and Customers in American Department Stores
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Little, Brown Book Group The Climate is Changing Why Arent We A practical
Book Synopsis''An inspirational and motivational must-read, packed with practical tips to push for positive change'' Zanna van DijkThe climate is changing, so why aren''t we? After all, we are the generation of change. The severity of climate change leaves no one indifferent. The Climate is Changing, Why Aren''t We? will not try to convince you that climate change exists - we know that. It offers easy to understand insights into the structures that suffocate our future, while upholding a sense of optimism and humanising the climate story. From the clothes you buy, plastics you use and food you eat, to knowing how to harness the power of social media and technology to get our voices heard and demand climate action, Daisy Kendrick, founder of Ocean Generation, weaves together inspirational stories, shocking statistics and easy green switches to make in your everyday life to tackle climate change on an individual level. The Climate is Changing, Why ArTrade ReviewAn inspirational and motivational must-read, packed with practical tips to push for positive change -- Zanna van Dijk * bestselling author of STRONG *Daisy is one of the most inspiring young leaders I've had the pleasure to meet. Her insights are impeccable, her radar for what's next is on point, and this book comes at a much needed time when the focus on the climate crisis is changing from despair to solutions. -- Afdhel Aziz * Co-author of GOOD IS THE NEW COOL *
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Taylor & Francis Fashion Popular Culture and Political Economy
Book SynopsisThis book delves into the intricate interplay of political, economic, and philosophic forces that have shaped popular culture, fashion, social movements and societies. Exploring the developments of the twentieth century and the transition into the new millennium, this work traces the causality between culture, fashion, philosophical discourses, and political economy. It analyses political-economic and philosophical factors to demonstrate how fashion emerges as a pivotal force that guides and shapes post-modern democratic societies and market economies.The volume weaves together insights from sociology, cultural studies, feminist studies, fashion history, cinematography, media, entertainment industry, and social policy research. It examines how postmodern societies shaped by post-structuralist critique and neo-liberal ideologies, navigates the complexities of democracy and market economies, evolving from deeply entrenched systems of colonialism and feudalism to achieve moderni
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Penguin Books Ltd Breakfast at Sothebys
Book SynopsisBreakfast at Sotheby''s is a wry, intimate, truly revealing exploration of how art acquires its financial value, from Philip Hook, a senior director at Sotheby''s''Reading it is like participating in a hugely enjoyable personal tutorial given by a cultured, witty, clear-eyed, world teacher with a fully functioning sense of humour. A real delight'' - Spectator ''Hook''s view of the art world is that of the professional auctioneer. In an A-Z format, it is an entire art education contained in under 350 pages. Wry, dry and completely beguiling'' - William Boyd, Guardian, Books of the Year ''How to nail the mad, bad, crazy contemporary art world in print? Sotheby''s senior director Hook draws on 35 years'' experience in this informal memoir. He unravels, with humour, piquancy and erudition, what drives the economics of taste'' - Financial Times, Books of the Year ''It''s very hard to write an amusing book about art that has some serious things to say. But Philip Hook has done it'' - Sunday Times, Books of the Year ''An auctioneer''s alphabet of quirky reflections and off-beat lists such as ''middle-brow artists'' and ''fictional artists'': an ideal volume for the art-lover''s bedside'' - Martin Gayford, Spectator, Books of the Year ''His delightful Breakfast at Sotheby''s is a house sale of a book, a chance for him to clear out 35 years of memories as an art dealer and auctioneer, first at Christie''s and then Sotheby''s, a rival auction house'' - Economist Philip Hook is a director and senior paintings specialist at Sotheby''s. He has worked in the art world for thirty-five years during which time he has also been a director of Christie''s and an international art dealer. He is the author of five novels and two works of art history, including The Ultimate Trophy, a history of the Impressionist Painting. Hook has appeared regularly on television, from 1978-2003 on the BBC''s Antiques Roadshow.Trade ReviewHook's view of the art world is that of the professional auctioneer. In an A-Z format, it is an entire art education contained in under 350 pages. Wry, dry and completely beguiling -- William Boyd * Guardian, Books of the Year 2013 *An auctioneer's alphabet of quirky reflections and off-beat lists such as 'middle-brow artists' and 'fictional artists': an ideal volume for the art-lover's bedside -- Martin Gayford * Spectator, Books of the Year *How to nail the mad, bad, crazy contemporary art world in print? Sotheby's senior director Hook draws on 35 years' experience in this informal memoir. He unravels, with humour, piquancy and erudition, what drives the economics of taste * Financial Times, Books of the Year *It's very hard to write an amusing book about art that has some serious things to say. But Philip Hook has done it. It's more a kind of Lonely Planet guide, written from the perspective of an auctioneer. In places it's a hoot, but it's also very wise here and there, and refreshingly irreverent. Sir William Russell Flint, for example, "painted like Augustus John commissioned by Playboy magazine" * Sunday Times, Books of the Year *Reading it is like participating in a hugely enjoyable personal tutorial given by a cultured, witty, clear-eyed, world teacher with a fully functioning sense of humour. A real delight -- William Boyd * Spectator *
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Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Dress Fashion and Technology
Book SynopsisPhyllis G. Tortora is Professor Emerita at Queens College, The City University of New York, USA.Trade ReviewMost books on the history of fashion present dress as the dependent variable, the passive beneficiary of technological change. Tortora instead makes a convincing case for fashion being the driving force that has stimulated technology and propelled it forward. This book will become a classic and essential text for teaching the history of fashion. * Kathleen E. Campbell, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA *Tortora’s ambitious study examines the technological tools and processes involved in creating clothing and textiles. [...] Using exemplary case studies from throughout the centuries, Dress, Fashion and Technology will serve as an exceptional resource and textbook, particularly for students studying the history of dress. * Dress: The Journal of the Costume Society of America *Table of ContentsChapter 1: Connecting Technology, Dress, and Fashion Part I, Before the Revolution Chapter 2: Dress and The Technologies Of Prehistory (Upper Paleolithic to the Neolithic Period) Chapter 3: Technologies And Dress In Towns, Cities and Empires (Neolithic Period to C. 500 C.E.) Chapter 4: Technology And Dress Facilitate Fashion Change (Dark Ages to the Seventeenth Century in Europe) Chapter 5: Some Asian Developments in Technology, Dress and Fashion (End of the Neolithic Period until the 17th Century) Part II: The Industrial Revolution and First Steps Toward the Fashion Industry Chapter 6: Dress and Fashion Move The Industrial Revolution Forward (18th Century) Chapter 7: The Role Of Dress and Fashion in the Industrial Revolution (c. 1800 to 1860) Chapter 8: Dress, Fashion and Social Changes Follow the Industrial Revolution (Nineteenth Century) Chapter 9: Tools that Enable Fashion Change and Innovations in Dress (19th century) Part III, The Fashion Industry is Born Chapter 10: Tools and Processes Expand Options for Dress and Fashion (20th and 21st centuries) Chapter 11: Transportation and its Effects (20th and 21st centuries) Chapter 12: The Effects of Sports (19th to the 21st centuries) Chapter 13: Communications Technologies that Disseminate Fashion Information (19th to the 21st centuries) Part IV, High Tech Enters Chapter 14: Technology Contributes to the Globalization of Fashion (20th and 21st centuries) Chapter 15: Environments Interact with Technologies (20th and 21st centuries) Chapter 16 New Technological Frontiers for Dress And Fashion (21st century) References Acknowledgements
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The School of Historical Dress Footwear Shoes and Boots from the Hopkins
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Taylor & Francis Fashion Upcycling and Memory
Book SynopsisFashion, Upcycling, and Memory questions practices and explores its profound connection to memory and sustainability. Through a practice-based researcher lens, the research examines the intricate interplay between upcycling and memory, unveiling assemblages of concepts, objects, and values that inspire action.This book takes readers on a journey through the multidimensional relationship between individuals and clothing. It delves into the disposal of garments and the transformative aspirations embedded within the fashion industry. Employing the unique research methodology known as A/r/t/ography, which merges artistic practice, rigorous research, and educational development, this book unearths the dynamic interplay between upcycling and memory.The author unravels the intricate web of connections within upcycling through diverse practices, methods, and insightful interviews. By critically questioning established norms and scrutinizing the actions of fashion designTrade Review"We have been led to believe fashion is a means to squander resources for vanity. But as Odabaşı shows, fashion is not a cemetery for discarded time, but a reservoir of revitalized imagination. Opening the wardrobe to deep study, Odabaşı proposes a series of sagacious systems to rethink upcycling and ask: What kind of history do we want fashion to write?”Dr. Otto von Busch, Professor, Parsons School of Design at The New School, USATable of Contents1. Sustainable fashion: The memory of fashion; 2. Memory and A/r/tography; 3. Fashion; 4. Fashion and memory; 5. The assemblage of sustainable fashion: Upcycling; 6. Sustainable fashion education: Lessons from the past experiences; 7. Alive fashion from the periphery
£135.00
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Fat Fashion
Book SynopsisPaolo Volonté is Associate Professor of Cultural Sociology, at Politecnico di Milano, Italy, where he teaches the Sociology of Fashion and is Vice-Dean of the PhD Programme in Design. He is co-editor of the International Journal of Fashion Studies.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Preface Size Conversion Table 1. The Paradox of Nonexistent Fat Fashion 2. Dress and the Body 3. Fashion Discourse: The Tyranny of Slenderness 4. Fashion Practice: The Persistence of the Thin Ideal 5. Fashion Technology: The Sizing System 6. Fashion Politics: The Segregation of Non-Thin Bodies 7. Outlook References Index
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC The Intersection of Fashion and Disability
Book SynopsisThe history of the fashion industry has been well written as it relates to people who conform to certain physical norms and cultural stereotypes, whereas the inequality in access to the world of fashion has been largely ignored. Despite this lack of coverage, much work has taken place over the centuries to enable people who live with disability to participate in fashionable culture. This book tells that story via perspectives of notable historical figures, events and movements, and continues the discourse with a look at some of the contemporary developments in clothing and fashion.The Intersection of Fashion and Disability takes the long view, from early attempts to conceal unsightly' bodies of royalty and nobility via creative innovation through growing contemporary awareness of inclusive fashion and how future work can be driven by technology and cultural acceptance.Trade ReviewInfused in a historical context of adapted clothing designs, lies a recurrent reminder to each of us with disabilities that we deserve continued designs to assure our unadulterated inclusion in society. Kate’s decades of dedicated work will enable me, and other Occupational Therapy educators, to proliferate the future of dedicated and skilled therapists to join Kate’s efforts to promote a cultural change in the inclusion of all bodies, despite each person’s uniqueness. May the memory of my friend Birdie Minor continue to shine through many more women with disabilities as they advocate for disability rights adorned in clothing that allows them to feel whole. -- Paige Moore, Licensed Occupational Therapist and Adjunct Faculty at James Madison University and Mary Baldwin University, USAMarginalized fashion consumers are finally given voice in Kate Annett-Hitchcock’s hugely important book. This is fashion history as well as fashion present, the most timely analysis of fashion and disability that we all need to read. -- Dr Kate Strasdin, Senior Lecturer, Cultural Studies, Fashion and Textiles Institute, Falmouth University, UKThe Intersection of Fashion and Disability provides great historical background, which I feel many of my students need before starting to design. -- Grace Jun, Assistant Professor of Graphic Design, University of Georgia, USAFinally! This is the book that I've been waiting for … Annett-Hitchcock's prose is itself a pleasure, and the book does a superb job of making accessible a fashion history for those new to the field, alongside original (and I must say fabulous) research and insights. By moving between case studies, historical narrative, and a dedicated analytic timeline, it moderates between history, aesthetics, economics, and sociology. -- Jessica Burstein, Associate Professor of English, University of Washington, USAAn essential text that illuminates an untold history, while crafting a blueprint for Disabled people to be creators, consumers and a collective within the fashion system. * Sinéad Burke, CEO & Founder, Tilting the Lens *Table of ContentsList of Figures Contributors Preface Foreword Acknowledgements Abbreviations Glossary 1. Establishing Significance Introduction 1.1 Purpose of the book: It’s a fashion story! 1.2 Medical and social models of disability 1.3 Framing of disability fashion history Summary 2. Underpinnings: Events Prior to 1800 Introduction 2.1 Setting the stage for the historical discussion 2.2 Pre-eighteenth century 2.3 Impact of the Age of Enlightenment: 1740-1800 Summary Boxed Profiles: Mrs. Morrell and Miss Hawtin 3. Improvisation and Innovation: 1800-1920 Introduction 3.1 The early to mid-nineteenth century Charitable Organizations 3.2 The late nineteenth century: Effects of war 3.3 The early twentieth century: War, therapy & industry Summary Boxed Profile: Lavinia Warren 4. Rehabilitation, independence & finally fashion: 1930s to early 1970s Introduction 4.1 Impact of work, World War Two and rehabilitation: 1925-1950 4.2 Academic and government funded research: 1950-1973 4.3 Independent designers-Research and practice: 1950-1960 4.4 Connecting research, outreach and small business through independence & civil rights movements: 1960-1973 4.5 Other activist efforts and government initiatives Summary Boxed Profile: Frida Kahlo 5. Individual appearance management between two Acts: 1973-1990 Introduction 5.1 Impact of the 1973 Rehabilitation Act 5.2 Centers and workshops Design Without Limits Center for Universal Design 5.3 Other relevant publications 5.4 The beginning role of retail Summary Boxed Profile: Sunae Park Evans, Senior Costume Conservator, Smithsonian Institution 6. Contemporary Design and Technology Introduction 6.1 The Americans with Disabilities Act 6.2 Fashion design developments in context 6.3 Design interviews Alexandra Palmer on Izzy Camelleri of IZAdaptive Lucy Jones of FFORA Grace Jun of OpenStyleLab Justin LeBlanc on Justin LeBlanc Design 6.4 Do we have a disability design process? 6.5 Harnessing technological developments Summary 7. A Story of disabled makers Introduction 7.1 Disabled makers in history 7.2 The legacy of disabled makers Summary 8. Tying it all together Introduction 8.1 Patterns of success 8.2 Tying it all together 8.3 Where we could be heading 8.4 Disability fashion history timeline
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Fashion Remains
Book SynopsisFashion ephemerafrom catalogues and invitations to press releaseshave long been overlooked by the fashion industry and fashion academics. Fashion Remains redresses the balance, putting these objects centre stage and focusing on the wider creative practice of contemporary fashion designers, photographers, graphic designers, make-up artists, and many more. Fashion ephemera are considered not as disposable promotional devices, but as windows into hidden networks of collaboration and value creation in the fashion system.Taking an interdisciplinary approach, Fashion Remains explores the unseen and privately circulated fashion ephemera produced by today's most prominent international fashion designers such as Margiela, Yamamoto, and Raf Simons. Showcasing a unique archive of materials, it focuses on Antwerp's avant-garde fashion scene and reveals the potential of these ephemeral objects to evoke and call into question material and immaterial knowledge about the fashion industryTrade ReviewFashion Remains carries out an unprecedented study, which analyzes material that has been overlooked by researchers in the field of fashion studies ... Marco Pecorari and his book contribute to the development of fashion studies, and it is a great reading recommendation for those researchers looking for new perspectives within their studies on material culture and fashion. The book enables the reader to realize the potential to explore other artefacts, places, and practices of the fashion system beyond clothing, fashion shows, and museums, such as fashion ephemera and the archive. * Journal of Dress History *[A]n excellent book. An engaging read by a researcher with a compelling and at times poetic authorial voice, and a worthy addition to any fashion library both personal and institutional. Pecorari invites us as fashion scholars to triangulate our research with an alternative data set, that we may generate yet more nuanced and compelling analyses of our subjects. Using his examination of ephemera through communication theoretical perspectives to advance a valuable new sub-discipline of fashion research. * Fashion Theory: The Journal of Dress, Body and Culture *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction CHAPTER 1 – AUTHORIAL NETWORKS Matters of Signatures: from Authenticity to Intimacy Authorial Bodies and Stories Authorizing Visible and Invisible Voices Multiple Authors Aesthetic and Disciplinary Dialogues Keeping and Expanding Authorship Blurring Fashion Authorities Authorial Networks CHAPTER 2 – PERFOMANCES OF TIME One Ephemera, Multiple Events Between Disappearance and Permanence The Look Moment Show(ing) Time The Liveness of the Show Show Mediatization Allusive Fragments Performances of Imagination CHAPTER 3 – POETIC TRANSFORMATIONS A Ménage à Trois Haptic Fashion Images Material Animations The Sense of Fabric Point of Touch Paratexts and Touching Concepts Poetics Transformations Conclusions Bibliography Index
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Everyday Fashion
Book SynopsisOrdinary clothes have extraordinary stories. In contrast to academic and curatorial focus on the spectacular and the luxurious, Everyday Fashion makes the case that your grandmother's wardrobe is an archive as interesting and important as any museum store. From the moment we wake and get dressed in the morning until we get undressed again in the evening, fashion is a central medium through which we experience the world and negotiate our place within it. Because of this, the ways that supposedly ordinary' and everyday' fashion objects have been designed, manufactured, worn, cared for, and remembered matters deeply to our historical understanding.Beginning at 1550 the start of an era during which the word fashion' came to mean stylistic change rather than the act of making each chapter explores the definition of everyday fashion and how this has changed over time, demonstrating innovative methodologies for researching the everyday. The variety and significance of everyday fashioTrade ReviewDrawing on a wonderfully rich collection of fashion stories, this thought-provoking and timely volume explores the multifarious ways we experience and understand the everyday, challenging limited and narrow notions and prompting us to adopt new perspectives on ‘history from below’. * Rachel Worth, Arts University Bournemouth, UK *This generous – and generative – volume sets a new standard for studies of everyday fashion. Bringing together intriguing insights on specific clothing artefacts with new analytical approaches to fashion history, this book encourages readers to dig through their own closets, or the rails of a local thrift shop, to reveal the many histories that clothing holds. * Marina Moskowitz, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA *Table of ContentsList of Figures List of Tables List of Contributors Acknowledgments 1. Introduction: Negotiating the Everyday Bethan Bide, Jade Halbert and Liz Tregenza 2. Counterfeit Fashion: An Eighteenth-Century Printed Silk Handkerchief John Styles Part I: Approaches to the Study of Everyday Fashion 3. Whalebone and Fashion in Seventeenth Century England: Changing Consumer Culture, Trade and Innovation Sarah Bendall 4. Sophie Rabin’s Blouse Lucie Whitmore 5. ‘In Want of a Capable Woman’: Rediscovering Blouse Designers in the Wholesale, Ready-Made Trade in Britain Through Material Culture (1909–1920) Suzanne Rowland 6. Wartime Swimwear Ciara Phipps 7. Fading From View: Using Postcard Photographs to Reveal the Market for Female Workwear During the First World War Jenny Richardson 8. Rosetta Rowley’s Wedding Suit, 1952 Natalie Raw 9. Making Clothes for the Older Woman: Post-War Pattern Cutting and Dressmaking Home Instruction in Britain Hannah Wroe 10. A Printed Summer Dress, c.1930–32 Pauline Rushton 11. Oral History and Everyday Fashion Jade Halbert 12. Bryan’s Shoes Beatrice Behlen 13. A Pocket History: Interpreting Wearer Biography in the Francis Golding Collection Cyana Madsen 14. Aprons Lou Taylor 15. Learning Through Wear: Experiencing the Everyday Vintage Wardrobe Liz Tregenza Part II: Everyday Fashion in Practice 16. The Fabled Chintz: Global Entanglement and South Asian Agency in Everyday British Fashion, 1600–1800 Aditi Khare 17. Henry Wardell’s Flannel Waistcoat Hilary Davidson 18. The Everyday in Eighteenth-Century Women’s Sartorial Life-Writing Serena Dyer 19. An Open Robe Gown Vanessa Jones 20. Accidental Remainders: Working Men’s Fashion c.1730–1880 in National Museums Scotland Emily Taylor 21. A Victorian Best-Day Wedding Dress Rebecca Quinton 22. ‘Fustian Jackets, Unshorn Chins, Blistered Hands’: Fabric and Political Feeling in the Chartist Movement, 1837–1848 Vic Clarke 23. Dr Fairweather’s ‘Apterna’ Progressive Shoes Ruth Battersby Tooke 24. ‘They go around the country making in the homes of the people’: Travelling Tailors and Shoemakers and the Production of Everyday Clothing in Rural Ireland, c.1850–1914 Eliza McKee 25. Tailor’s Drawing Book, 1915 Elen Phillips 26. I Am an Ordinary Man: Getting and Wearing Suits in Britain 1945–1980 Danielle Sprecher 27. Two-Piece Skirt Suit; Alexon Youngset by Alannah Tandy c.1970–1973 Shelley Tobin 28. À la Mode in Maesteg: The Fashion Cultures of South Wales Garment Factories, 1945–1965 Bethan Bide 29. WVS Uniform Dress Valerie Wilson 30. Wholesaling and Everyday Fashion in the Black Country Jenny Gilbert 31. An Old Pair of Jeans Rebecca Unsworth 32. To Dance in my Shoes: Music and the Psychological Influences of Style Choices in the London Caribbean Diaspora, from Lovers’ Rock to Grime Rianna Norbert-David 33. A Tootal Paisley Scarf Christopher Breward 34. Conclusion: Common Threads Bethan Bide, Jade Halbert and Liz Tregenza Index
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Bloomsbury Academic The New Latin American Fashion Reader
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Headline Publishing Group The Chanel Sisters
Book Synopsis''Delicious and utterly absorbing... This is a book to be relished and savoured. I can''t recommend it enough'' GILL THOMPSON, author of THE CHILD ON PLATFORM ONE''Historical fiction at its finest. Antoinette Chanel will capture your heart'' ANN WEISGARBER, author of THE PERSONAL HISTORY OF RACHEL DUPREE ---The unforgettable story of the sisters who changed fashion forever. For readers who fell in love with THE PARIS WIFE and THE AGE OF LIGHT.Gabrielle and Antoinette know they''re destined for something better. Abandoned to a convent orphanage, they are raised for simple lives. But at night they dream of a glittering future, and the Chanel sisters are determined to prove themselves worthy. Their journey propels Coco and Ninette out of poverty to performing in bohemian cafés and stylish music halls, and soon on to Paris and a small hat shop on the rue Cambon, where a boutique business takes hold and expands to the gl
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC The Mavericks
Book SynopsisArtfully combining sports journalism with social history and sharp pop culture references, The Mavericks explores 1970s football when a cult group of footballers delivered flair on the pitch and flamboyance off of it. Cocky, coiffured strikers meet David Bowie and Alvin Stardust; Gola boots exchange kicks with A Clockwork Orange and The Likely Lads; Admiral sock tags, platform heels and kipper ties mingle with cod wars, Harrods bombings and three-day weeks. In this, Steen recreates the early Seventies, the era when football joined the vanguard of English youth culture. This personal account revolves around seven Englishmen who followed in the trail blazed by football''s first tabloid star, George Best--Stan Bowles, Tony Currie, Charlie George, Alan Hudson, Rodney Marsh, Peter Osgood and Frank Worthington. Proud individuals amid an increasingly corporate environment, their invention and artistry were matched only by a disdain for authority and convTrade ReviewQuite splendid... just delicious – and brilliantly researched. * The Times *A lovely read, the kind in which you constantly annoy people by reading the funny bits out loud * Irish Post *A great book * Henry Winter *If you enjoyed The Damned United you will savour Rob Steen's The Mavericks, an evocative look at football when the game was enhanced by genuinely edgy entertainers rather than overpaid characterless robots. * Waterstones.com *The Mavericks is irresistible, artfully combining sports journalism with social history and sharp pop-culture references. * Impact *In an era of PR-bleaching and PC-niceties, The Mavericks is an oasis of flair, hair and devil-may-care attitude. Yet beneath Rob Steen also highlights with real poignancy the sometimes grim and earthy reality behind the curtain. This brilliant book remains essential reading for anyone who likes social history with a nice backheel. -- Rick Broadbent * The Times *An evocative work which is given its cutting edge by the author’s success in uncovering the idiosyncrasies that set the fancy dans apart from each other as their mutual non-conformism. * The Independent *Great to see The Mavericks back in print. Wonderful evocation of the early 70s, an era when players weren't afraid to express themselves - on the pitch or in the bar. -- Kevin Mitchell * The Guardian *One of the conundrums of football in the Seventies, now perceived as a golden age by a certain generation, is why did England fail to qualify for the 1974 and 1978 World Cup when a decade before they had been world champions? One of the main reasons is that managers Ramsey then Revie shunned a group of hugely gifted 'Rock and Roll' players - Marsh, Currie, Bowles, Osgood, George, Hudson and Worthington. Rob Steen's book brilliantly gets under the skin of the era both on and off the pitch when the game was more about passion than pound notes. -- Rob Shepherd * talkSPORT *An irreverent and unflinching look back at football in the Seventies * Choice Magazine *For that missing element in a decent football book, the confessional Rob Steen has this down to his customary fine writer's art with The Mavericks. -- Mark Perryman * Philosophy Football *Table of ContentsIntroduction (2020) Introduction (1994) edition 1 Sucking in the Seventies 2 Chairman Alf and the Godfather 3 Gunning for Trouble 4 Blue Was the Cover 5 I Don't Want to Go to Chelsea 6 Queen's Park Arrangers (i) The Jean Genie (ii) The Bookie's Favourites (iii) Dr Heckle and Mr Jive 7 It's Not All Never Afterword Acknowledgements Bibliography By the same author Index About the author
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC The Fundamentals of Digital Fashion Marketing
Book SynopsisThe Fundamentals of Digital Fashion Marketing introduces and explores contemporary digital marketing practices within the fashion industry. Clare Harris clearly explains key digital marketing strategies and examines and illustrates their role in fashion through exciting and memorable industry examples. Marketing practices covered include online marketing, social media, video, mobile technologies, in-store technologies, augmented reality and digital spaces.The text features interviews and case studies from some of fashion''s biggest brands and most cutting-edge marketing companies, while also promoting active learning through engaging activities and exercises. This all combines to create a book that will inform, stimulate and inspire the next generation of creative marketers.Trade ReviewThis is a lively and visually stimulating book that covers all the key factors associated with digital fashion business. Overall, the content provides an accessible introduction to the digital fashion marketing subject and individually, the various chapters provide useful starting points for more in-depth research on key topics such as fashion blogging, mobile devices, analytics and fashion video. [This book] definitely fits the needs of our course and also aligns with the overall strategic direction of our department, which is to continue to be at the forefront of all things digital across marketing, communication, media, PR, events and fashion management. As we are not yet using a title that focuses specifically on Digital Fashion Marketing, the project has a real strength and relevance for our teaching. -- Karen Cross, Subject leader for Marketing, Fashion and Retail * Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, Scotland *I would use this book in two of my courses: Luxury Marketing (at the undergraduate level) and Entrepreneurship in the Business of Art (also undergraduate level). Marketing fashion and digital marketing is an important question and it is particularly so as it relates to luxury fashion brands. In Entrepreneurship this title will be useful because other types of products can be marketed digitally based on the fashion model. In other words, my students don’t necessarily focus on fashion (some of them do) but basically everyone would benefit from an in-depth view of how digital fashion marketing works (and why it is successful). The proposed book offers both a history of the digital space as it relates to the fashion industry AND a guide on how to profitably utilize the digital space (in all its iterations) to advance/promote/and sell fashion merchandize. In fact, this is the book’s strength as well. It is not only history, it is not just theory, it is a combination of history, theory, and practical advice derived from case studies and interviews with fashion professionals. -- Thomai Serdari, New York UniversityAn approachable, at-a-glance look at digital marketing for fashion. At the level it is pitched, it is a good offering... this sort of subject matter is pretty core to all fashion promotion/marketing courses. The author is obviously experienced in this area and seemingly a good person to write the book. -- Jon Cope, Senior Lecturer, University for the Creative Arts/Westminster University, LondonAs a focused fashion text for the digital age, this book is a great addition to the field and covers a variety of topics on the vastness of technology impacting fashion marketing. -- Tasha Lewis, Assistant Professor in Fashion Design Management, Cornell University, USAThis is a great introductory workbook for digital fashion marketing. It is written by a fashion expert in a simple jargon-free way that helps students understand the changing role of digital developments in the fashion system. -- Michelle Tellam Lawrence, Senior Lecturer, Fashion Marketing, Falmouth University, UKAn accessible how-to guide for digital fashion marketers that introduces fashion students to the latest industry practices using contemporary case studies in a key curriculum area. -- Natascha Radclyffe-Thomas, Course Leader BA Fashion Marketing, Fashion Business School, London College of Fashion, UKTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. Fashion Marketing and Digital Technologies 2. Fashion and Online Marketing 3. Social Media and Fashion Marketing 4. Fashion and Film 5. Fashion and Mobile Media 6. Digital Spaces and Innovations Bibliography Further Reading Index Picture Credits Acknowledgements
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Orion Publishing Co War Paint
Book SynopsisFrom the author of MR SELFRIDGE, the glittering story of two remarkable women - Miss Elizabeth Arden and Madame Helena Rubinstein - and their legacy which touches the lives of virtually all women today: the creation of the modern cosmetics and beauty industry.Trade ReviewI have seldom enjoyed a book so much . . . the research is staggering . . . a wonderful read -- Lulu GuinnessThe definitive biography of women and their relationships to their faces in the twentieth century -- Linda Grant * GUARDIAN *What a relief it is to read so detailed and well-researched a book . . . Woodhead knows her stuff -- Fay Weldon * SUNDAY TIMES *Gripping biographies of these powder-puff prima donnas. At the same time . . . the history of make-up through the twentieth century -- Val Hennessey * DAILY MAIL *Written with humorous sensitivity and sympathy -- Nicky Haslam * LITERARY REVIEW *These were women who were tough in business, who had a single vision - an idea of what they believed in and would do anything to get there -- Bobbi Brown
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Beyond Design
Book SynopsisBeyond Design: The Synergy of Apparel Product Development, Fifth Edition maps the processes required to bring apparel products from concept to consumer. This full-color text takes students step-by-step through the decision-making involved in the pre-production processes of apparel product development including business, creative, technical, and production planning. Updated chapter content reflects evolving industry practice. It demonstrates how these processes must be coordinated to get the right product to market, when consumers want it, and at a price they are willing to pay in an increasingly digital environment. The text seeks to address how functional approaches vary depending on a business' size and fashion focus. More global in scope, the fifth edition includes examples and case studies of multi-national companies and incorporates global nomenclature when it differs from the US industry. This new edition also advances its discussion of how new technologies continue to sho
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Ebury Publishing CHER Her Style Principles
Book SynopsisNatalie Hammond is the senior fashion news editor at Grazia. She previously worked on the fashion desk at The Times, and her writing has appeared in publications including the Telegraph, the Financial Times, Port and gal-dem. She can be found on IG @nataliehammond
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Ebury Publishing Tattoo Street Style: London, Brighton, Paris,
Book SynopsisCelebrate your uniqueness. Inspiring and captivating, Tattoo Street Style is a tribute to creativity and self-expression, a celebration of body, beauty and style, a manifesto for redefining the rules. Over four hundred original portraits capture extraordinary tattooed people from around the world, in New York, LA, Melbourne, Berlin, Amsterdam, Paris, London and Brighton. A curated and eclectic snapshot of today’s modern tattoo culture.Features profiles and interviews with some of the world’s most creative and exciting artists and studios. Also includes comprehensive infographic-style directories; perfect if you’re looking for inspiration.
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Orion Publishing Co Queens (Drag Queen Playing Cards)
Book SynopsisEnter the world of huge hair, sparkling make-up, glitter galore, fake eyelashes and...the fine art of the tuck and tape, with these drag queen playing cards. Featuring 14 of the most famous, most beautiful and most outrageous queens from across the carnival court of drag, this deck is sure to liven up your next game of canasta.
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Ryland, Peters & Small Ltd The Duchess of Cambridge: A Decade of Modern
Book SynopsisThrust into the global spotlight on her engagement to Prince William, Kate wore a sapphire blue wrap dress by London-based label Issa that promptly sold out. It was the first step in Kate's evolution to become the modern royal style icon she is today – the Duchess of Cambridge. In the decade since, Kate has become the Duchess of Cambridge, a future Queen and a mother of three. Her outfits range from high street to haute couture, with women worldwide fascinated by her style and eager to copy it. The Duchess has used her clothing to make diplomatic gestures, to send messages of solidarity and to show respect. One day, her wardrobe underscores her status as a senior royal; the next it's all about being just like any 30-something Mum. But thanks to an explosion of 24/7 news coverage and social media, her choices are analysed more closely than those of any royal before. In this book, Bethan Holt marks the tenth anniversary of Kate’s royal life by taking readers on a highly illustrated journey through the Duchess’s style evolution.Trade ReviewWill thrill any royal fans - People.com With meticulous research, The Duchess of Cambridge both documents Kate’s style and unearths the behind-the-scenes stories of how it all came together - vanityfair.comFashion and royal lovers are going to love this book and how they can go back in time to see the Duchess’s fashion from her pre-engagement days to now, where her role as a senior member of the Royal Family has put her at the forefront - Royalcentral.co.uk
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Reaktion Books Dressing Up: A History of Fancy Dress in Britain
Book SynopsisPierrot, Little Bo Peep, cowboy: these characters and many more form part of this colourful story of dressing up, from the accession of Queen Victoria to the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. Fancy dress became a regular part of people’s social lives over this period, and the craze for it spread across Britain and the Empire, reaching every level of society. Spectacular and witty costumes appeared at street carnivals, victory celebrations, fire festivals and extravagant balls. From the Victorian middle classes performing ‘living statues’ to squads of Shetland men donning traditional fancy dress and setting fire to a Viking ship at the annual Up Helly Aa celebration, this lavishly illustrated book provides a unique view into the quirky, wonderful world of fancy dress.
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Reaktion Books Merchants of Style: Art and Fashion After Warhol
Book SynopsisMerchants of Style explores the accelerating convergence of art and fashion, looking at the interplay of artists and designers - and the role of institutions, both public and commercial - that has brought about this marriage of aesthetic industries. Natasha Degen argues that one figure more than any other anticipated this moment: Andy Warhol. Beginning with an overview of art and fashion's deeply entwined histories before picking up where Warhol left off, Merchants of Style tells the story of art's emboldened forays into commerce and fashion's growing embrace of art. As the two industries draw closer together than ever before, this book addresses urgent questions about what the future holds.Trade Review'Merchants of Style is an astute exploration of the merging of culture and commerce. Natasha Degen brilliantly explains how a new generation of artists and fashion designers have expanded the conceptual parameters of art.' - Jeffrey Deitch, art dealer and curator, director Jeffrey Deitch Gallery; 'Degen's book dives deep into the intertwining of art and fashion; from artist-designed handbags to luxury goods corporations appropriating the symbolic aura of art. A fascinating account of two apparently dissimilar, but in fact highly symbiotic, worlds.' - Georgina Adam, editor-at-large The Art Newspaper and Financial Times contributor, and author of The Rise and Rise of the Private Art Museum; 'Wonderfully researched, written and documented. Highly recommended for anyone interested in a well-researched history of fashion, art, or both.' - Don Thompson, Nabisco Brands Professor of Marketing, Schulich School of Business, York University, Toronto and author of The $12 Million Stuffed Shark, and The Curious Economics of Luxury Fashion.
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Intellect Books Fashion Education: The Systemic Revolution
Book SynopsisFashion Education explores how the classroom can transform the fashion industry towards body inclusion and social justice. The book is a collection of 17 essays by fashion educators from Australia, Canada, the US and the UK who recount their experiences, struggles and strategies of reimagining the exclusive foundation of fashion pedagogy and redesigning fashion curricula to centre Indigenous, Black, brown, fat, disabled, trans and queer worldviews, histories and bodies. This is the first book to explore the relationships between fashion pedagogy and social justice, and to map out new pedagogical frameworks and tools to redistribute power through fashion education. It shares the teaching practices of fashion educators implementing radical pedagogies and offers practical case studies that engage with a number of intersectional positions. Fashion Education engages with current pressing concerns for educators and is a valuable teaching resource for fashion educators – both theory and practice – working in art and design schools in Europe, the US and the UK. With chapters covering fashion theory, history, business, communication and design curricula to centre Indigenous, Black, brown, fat, disabled, trans, queer worldviews, histories and peoples it will appeal directly to the many disciplines within fashion. The discussions are also relevant to educators in other art, design and creative fields also looking to centre inclusion in their courses and the strategies presented will apply to them. Contributions from Tanveer Ahmed, Kevin Almond, Avalon Acaso, Ben Barry, Mal Burkinshaw, Johnathan Clancy, Robin J. Chantree, Deborah A. Christel, Brittany Dickinson, Greg Climer, Bianca Garcia, Denise Nicole Green, Alicia Johnson, Lucy Jones, Grace Jun, Carmen Keist, Riley Kucheran, Michael Mamp, Krys Osei, Lauren Downing Peters, Alexis Quinney, Kelly L. Reddy-Best, Austin Reeves, Joshua Simon, Colleen Schindler-Lynch, Brandon Spencer and Sang ThaiTrade Review'If you have been searching for a toolkit to dismantle systems of oppression in fashion education, then look no further, you are holding the definitive guide in your hands. Read, plan, then transform.' -- Vicki Karaminas, co-author of Queer Style and Libertine Fashion, Sexual Freedom, Rebellion and Style.We don’t talk or write enough about the progressive potential of pedagogies and curricula in fashion studies. Based upon a firm foundation in social justice, Fashion Education: The Systemic Revolution corrects this problem with remarkable clarity through self-reflexive case studies. The editors’ and authors’ courageous chapters reveal the complex interplay between sartorial and academic biographies, modeling new pathways for transformation. Fashion Education gives me hope for the future! -- Susan KaiserTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Radical Fashion Educators Unite: An Introduction – Barry Ben and Deborah A. Christel 1. Blackness in Fashion Education – Krys Osei 2. Indigenizing Fashion Education: Strong Hearts to the Front of the Classroom – Riley Kucheran 3. Queering the Fashion Classroom: Intersectional Student Perspectives – Alicia Johnson, Michael Mamp, Alexis Quinney, Austin Reeves and Joshua Simon 4. Theorizing Fat Oppression: Towards a Pedagogy of Empathy, Inclusion and Intentional Action – Lauren Downing Peters 5. Reflections of a Fat Fashion Faculty Member – Carmen N. Keist 6. Pattern-Cutting without Cultural Appropriation – Kevin Almond and Greg Climer 7. Diversity in Fashion Illustration: An Oxymoron, Don’t You Think? – Colleen Schindler-Lynch 8. Fashion Pedagogy and Disability: Co-Designing Wearables with Disabled People – Grace Jun 9. Decolonizing the Mannequin – Tanveer Ahmed 10. A Starting Point for Fat Fashion Education – Deborah A. Christel 11. Black Lives Matter: Fashion Liberation and the Fight for Freedom – Brandon Spencer and Kelly Reddy-Best 12. Designing for Drag – Sang Thai 13. Curating Empowerment: Negotiating Challenges in Pedagogy, Feminism and Activism in Fashion Exhibitions – Jenny Leigh Du Puis, Rachel Getman, Denise Nicole Green, Chris Hesselbein, Victoria Pietsch and Lynda Xepoleas 14. Beauty to Be Recognized: Making the Fashion Show Accessible – Ben Barry, Avalon Acaso, Robin Chantree, Johnathan Clancy, Bianca Garcia and Anna Pollice 15. A Diversity Network: Industry and Community Collaboration for Inclusive Fashion Design Education – Mal Burkinshaw 16. Redesigning Dignity: A Collaborative Approach to the Universal Hospital Gown – Brittany Dickinson and Lucy Jones 17. Fashion Exorcism: A Journey in Community-Centred Design – JOFF Notes on Contributors Index
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Intellect Books Fashion Knowledge: Theories, Methods, Practices
Book SynopsisThis new edited collection assembles academic essays and intellectual activism equally next to visual essays and artistic interventions and proposes a different concept for fashion research that eschews the traditional logic of academic fashion studies. It features acclaimed designers, artists, curators and theorists whose work investigates the multi-faceted debates on the rise of practice-based research in fashion. The book sets out to explore current issues in fashion research with a particular focus on both methodology and expansion of the field to encompass overlooked voices and narratives. It has a particular concern with the relationships between theory and practice and with how knowledge is created and disseminated in fashion studies. It is an excellent and really valuable contribution to the field at a point both when fashion studies is expanding and when the fashion industry is at a crucial point of change. Some of the contributions were originally presented at a symposium hosted by the Austrian Center for Fashion Research ‘TALKSHOW: The politics of practice-based fashion research’ at Vienna’s Museum of Applied Arts, curated by Wally Salner. The symposium brought together a group of fashion scholars, designers, educators and practitioners to explore critical contemporary fashion (research) practices, and to investigate critical fashion knowledge between theory and practice, beyond assumed disciplinary and epistemological boundaries. Many contributions in this volume were initially presented at that symposium, while others are testimonies of international debates that were part of the research activities of the Austrian Center for Fashion Research, a research project funded by the Austrian Federal Ministry of Science Research and Economy, led by Elke Gaugele. The book is structured into three sections: Fashion Knowledge, Practice-Based Fashion Research, and Sites of Fashion and Politics. Contributions look at new forms of fashion knowledge that are forming with and along shifting fashion practices, practice-based fashion research, and sheds light on different sites and entanglements of fashion and politics in distinctive contemporary and historical moments of de/colonization, anti/racism, and anti/globalization. Elke Gaugele is cultural anthropologist and professor of fashion, styles and contextual design at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna, Austria. Monica Titton is a sociologist, fashion theorist and senior scientist at the fashion design department of the University of Applied Arts Vienna, Austria. Other contributions are from Elke Bippus, Astrid Engl, Jojo Gronostay, Ruby Hoette, Bianca Koczan, Priska Morger, NCCFN, Wally Salner, Andreas Spiegl, José Teunissen, Lara Torres, Carol Tulloch and Maria Ziegelböck Readers will be academics, practitioners, designers, artists, curators, museums, theoretical scholars, lecturers, practice-based researchers, students and practitioners at all levels in the fields of fashion, textile, art and design. This new book with its original focus on practice-based research will be useful for a general and academic readership alike, and to all those working within the field of fashion studies, including those with a theoretical focus, fashion practitioners and those working within innovative pockets of the fashion industry. Trade Review'Fashion Knowledge offers a variety of thought-provoking methods and practices for critical interrogations. Two of the high points of the volume address decolonization: the first thinking through historical research and the second with a distinctly contemporary bend. [...] Gaugele, Titton and their contributors demonstrate that research methods are helpful to challenge existing ways of knowing and can be used to questioning historic structures and developing more equitable practices. [...] This is a thoughtful collection and critical intervention into research methods that is much needed. Gaugele and Titton should be lauded for pulling together these diverse voices, perspectives and efforts at decolonizing and democratizing fashion research. This volume is a welcomed step forward in the growing area of fashion studies and certainly has the potential to shift contemporary critical practices.' -- Myles Ethan Lascity, Fashion, Style & Popular CultureTable of ContentsIntroduction: The Politics of Fashion Knowledge between Practice and Theory 1 Elke Gaugele and Monica Titton PART I: FASHION KNOWLEDGE 13 1. The Transformative Power of Practice-Based Fashion Research 15 José Teunissen 2. Theory as Practice: Notes on the Sociology of a Practice-Based Fashion Theory 27 Monica Titton 3. Ornamental Politics and Assembled Textures of Artistic Research: The Project kotomisi: un-inform by knowbotiq 36 Elke Bippus 4. Fashion Ontology: Researching the Possibilities for Knowing through an Expanded Fashion Practice 53 Lara Torres 5. DISCOURSE, Cruise 2020 70 Maria Ziegelböck PART II: REFLECTIONS ON FASHION AS PRACTICE 79 6. Notes on Fashion Practice as Research: Episodes of Conversation Pieces 81 Ruby Hoette 7. Work with the Existing: Be Realistic 91 NCCFN 8. The Empress’s New Clothes, or How One Makes Fashion (or Doesn’t) 96 Wally Salner (translated by Travis Lehtonen) 9. Skin Host and Heavenly Visitor 106 Priska Morger (Prof. PriskAMORger) PART III: SITES OF FASHION AND POLITICS 111 10. T-shirt Matters 113 Carol Tulloch 11. DEAD WHITE MEN’S CLOTHES 136 Jojo Gronostay with an introduction by Elke Gaugele 12. Fashion Politics: Dressing Segregation and Distinction 143 Andreas Spiegl 13. Early- Modern Fashion Knowledge and the Western Politics of Science 150 Elke Gaugele Notes on Contributors 163
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Jacaranda Books Art Music Ltd Fashion Africa
Book SynopsisA visual overview of contemporary African fashion, Fashion Africa is a comprehensive guide compiled with an ethical perspective.Jacqueline Shaw promotes Africa as a place not just for sourcing materials, but with the potential to be a vital epicentre of trade within the global marketplace. This guide is the first of its kind to bring together designers, design companies, ethical manufacturers and more, all with an African connection.Fashion Africa is a comprehensive guide to the designers, materials, and sustainable practices available on continental Africa, and provides an excellent resource in conjunction for the very vibrant growing industry already in existence.Trade ReviewDecked out with fine illustrations, photographs, interviews and critical analysis; Shaw does well to explore all aspects of the African fashion field. * Amy Iheakanwa, Haute Fashion Africa *Jacqueline Shaw's visual ode to African fashion... grabs the eyes with bold colours and an almost encyclopaedic approach to the nuts of bolts of making and sustaining fashion on the African continent. * Words of Colour *
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NMSE - Publishing Ltd Little Black Dress: A Radical Fashion
Book SynopsisAt its inception, the ‘Little Black Dress’ was radically modern: a masculine-inspired, anti-traditionalist female attire. Yet it has remained a wardrobe staple for almost a century, each new silhouette redressing gendered boundaries of fashion to reflect evolving ideals of beauty and sexuality. In attempting to reconcile the historical study of fashion in the West with the reality of a global fashion system of production, distribution and consumption, and the urgent demand for the industry to be more aware of its footfalls in our culture, Little Black Dress: A Radical Fashion widens the lens through which we interpret the colour black. In this book, international scholars, curators and fashion writers explore how black’s paradoxical meanings have made the LBD simultaneously expressive of respect and rebellion, sophistication and dissident sexualities, piety and perversion. Bridging tradition and innovation, fashion and anti-fashion, the LBD emerges as a radical fashion for the 21st century.Table of ContentsForeword by Dr Christopher Breward / Well-mannered Black?: Fashion, Femininity and Feminism by Georgina Ripley / Spiritual Black by Lynne Hume / Sublime Black: Perfection of Line and Technical Wizardry by Iain R Webb / Black Will Take Any Other Hue by Makoto Ishizeki / LBD(SM) by Fiona Jardine / Fashion, Technology and the LBD by Pamela A Parmal / The Transmodern Little Black Dress by Georgina Ripley / Bibliography / Index
£27.00
FreeLance Academy Press The Book of Historic Fashion: A Newcomer's Guide
Book SynopsisThe Late Middle Ages (c.1350 - 1500) provides us with many of our stock, childhood images of the 'Middle Ages': the knight in shining armour, the joust, lords and ladies dressed in rich, voluminous robes and elegant dresses. Yet it is a paradox, for at the start of the period, Europe had endured the worst pandemic of recorded history: the Black Death, the climate was rapidly cooling, causing massive crop failures and France and England were locked in the brutal, dynastic struggle of the Hundred Years War. Meanwhile, in the second half of the period, intrepid merchants became the new knighthood of Europe, seeking new wealth in Asia and Africa, and launching what has been called the 'Age of Discovery' while a new interest in Classical culture would give birth to the Renaissance. All of these elements have long intrigued and inspired writers, researchers and reenactors to take a trip through the looking glass to this lost world. In the Book of Historic Fashion: A Newcomer's Guide to Medieval Clothing (1300 - 1450), authors Allen and Mele provide a visual snap shot of the courtly elegance and common wear of the period. Filled with hundreds of sketches taken from original sources, mechanical drawings and detailed 'layer drawings' demonstrating how the clothing was worn, this entrée both introduces the period and helps newcomers find their way forward in the study of primary and secondary sources. Whether you are a teacher or professor who wants your students to understand what the clothing of the day really looked like, a costume designers working in theater, TV and film looking for visual reference or just new to medieval reenacting who wants guidance on what to wear in order to be appropriately dressed at events, this volume is for you. Trade Review Table of ContentsIntroduction Part One: A World in Chaos - the Tumultuous Fourteenth Century Period Overview Men's Fashions The Pen of History: Gaston Phebus and the Book of the Hunt Women's Fashions The Pen of History: Jean, Duc de Berry Headgear, Footwear and Accessories Part Two: Old Glories Re-Imagined - the Fifteenth Century and the Waning of the Gothic Era Period Overview Men's Fashions The Pen of History: King Rene d'Anjou Women's Fashions Headgear, Footwear and Accessories Part Three: Arming Clothes and Military Fashion Period Overview Arming Clothes The Pen of History: How a Man Shall be Armed Appendix: Fabrics, Furs and Fashions 1300-1450 Bibliography
£26.50
Vegan Publishers Fashion Animals
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£34.00
