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Book SynopsisAne Lynge-Jorlén is an independent fashion scholar, author of
Niche Fashion Magazines and Director of Designers' Nest, a talent incubator for Nordic fashion graduates.
Trade ReviewFashion Stylists is a timely book that fills a gap in modern fashion history and it successfully establishes styling as a worthy and valuable area of research. * Viscose *
Fashion Stylists is an invaluable resource for students and professionals interested in image-making, the representation of style and fashion, entrepreneurship and the history of fashion professionals. * de la Pen *
Interviews are meaningfully interwoven with the scholarly chapters ... [and] provide first-hand insights ... [A] groundbreaking book. * International Journal of Fashion Studies *
A welcomed and timely publication that brings together an array of sophisticated scholarship and interdisciplinary approaches and is greatly complemented by a series of in-depth interviews. An audience of students, academics and practitioners alike will benefit from this informative and far-reaching work. * Felice McDowell, University of the Arts London, UK *
An exciting, well-illustrated collection, employing wideranging methodologies, from archival research to interviews with practitioners, to tell us all we need to know – and more – about fashion styling. Recommended to anyone interested in the creative evolution of fashion. * Hazel Clark, Parsons School of Design, The New School, New York, USA *
Table of ContentsList of Illustrations List of Plates Notes on Contributors Acknowledgements
Introduction: Fashion Stylists. History, Meaning and Practice By Ane Lynge-Jorlén
Part 1: History and Profession of the Stylist Within and Beyond Magazines Chapter 1.
Stylist: Etymology and History of a Role By Philip Clarke Chapter 2.
In the Changing Room: A study of the act of styling before ‘styling’ in Danish fashion, 1900-1965 By Marie Riegels Melchior Chapter 3.
The Homeless and The Hunchback. Experimental Styling, Assembled Bodies and New Material Aesthetics in Niche Fashion Magazines By Ane Lynge-Jorlén Chapter 4
. Examining Uncertainty: An interview with Anders Sølvsten Thomsen By Susanne Madsen Chapter 5.
Finding Beauty in the Moment: An interview with Elizabeth Fraser-Bell By Susanne Madsen Chapter 6.
Styling Unpopular Knowledge: An Interview with Akeem Smith By Jeppe Ugelvig
Part 2: Identity, Gender, Ethnicity and Style Narratives Chapter 7.
‘Rethinking Fashion’: Caroline Baker and Nova Magazine 1967- 1975 By Alice Beard Chapter 8.
‘Looking Good in a Buffalo Stance’: Ray Petri and the Styling of New Masculinities By Shaun Cole Chapter 9
. Styling ‘90s Hip-Hop, Fashioning Black Futures By Rachel Lifter Chapter 10
. Questioning Fashion’s Parameters: An Interview with Benjamin Kirchhoff By Susanne Madsen Chapter 11.
Exploring the Female Gaze: An Interview with Roxane Danset By Francesca Granata Chapter 12.
Building Little Sculptures: An Interview with Vanessa Reid By Susanne Madsen
Part 3: Global Fashion Media and Geographies of Styling Practices Chapter 13.
The Stylist’s Trade: Fashion Styling in Milan in an Era of Digitisation By Paolo Volonté Chapter 14.
Commercial Styling. An Ethnographic Study on Styling Practices at H&M By Philip Warkander Chapter 15.
Twisting References: An Interview with Lotta Volkova By Susanne Madsen Chapter 16.
Creating Orderly Chaos: An Interview with Naomi Itkes By Maria Ben Saad Index
