Description
Book SynopsisAdam Geczy is an artist and writer who teaches at Sydney College of the Arts, University of Sydney, Australia.
Vicki Karaminas is Professor of Fashion at Massey University, New Zealand, and Honorary Fellow of the University of Melbourne, Australia.
Trade ReviewHistory, culture and art intersect in an original work to be read in one breath. * Patrizia Calefato, Aldo Moro University, Italy *
A timely and lavishly illustrated book on the intertwined destinies of fashion and gastronomy and the convergence of taste and appearance. * Simona Segre Reinach, University of Bologna, Italy *
Table of ContentsIllustrations Acknowledgements Introduction: Inside and Out 1. Between the Fashion System and the Food System, Gastronomy and Grande Cuisine 2. Good Taste in Theory and Practice: The Languages of Spectacle and Consumption 3. Food, Fashion and the Modernist Spectacle 4. The First Celebrity Cook and the First Celebrity Dressmaker 5. Cuisine and Couture Culture: The Boutique as a Space of Consumption 6. Hippy to Couture. Slow and Fast Food Fashion 7. The Cult of Slenderness 8. Fashion, Food and Art 9. Fashionable Cookbooks and Celebrity Chefs. Conclusion Bibliography Index
