{"product_id":"paris-fashion-and-world-war-two-9781350000261","title":"Paris Fashion and World War Two","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Association of Dress Historians Book of the Year Award, 2021\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1939, fashion became an economic and symbolic sphere of great importance in France. Invasive textile legislation, rationing and threats from German and American couturiers were pushing the design and trade of Parisian style to its limits. It is widely accepted that French fashion was severely curtailed as a result, isolated from former foreign clients and deposed of its crown as global queen of fashion. This pioneering book offers a different story. Arguing that Paris retained its hold on the international \u003ci\u003ehaute couture\u003c\/i\u003e industry right throughout WWII, eminent dress historians and curators come together to show that, amid political, economic and cultural traumas, Paris fashion remained very much alive under the Nazi occupation  and on an international level.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBringing exciting perspectives to challenge a familiar story and introducing new overseas trade links out of occupied Franc\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEssential reading for all students of fashion history in this period. It will undoubtedly endure as a definitive work on the subject of Parisian haute couture during German occupation and serve as a critical guide for the reassessment of fashion history during the wartime era. * The Journal of Dress History *\u003cbr\u003eIf readers are looking for high-quality, colorful, and plentiful reproductions of wartime fashion items (gowns, hats, lingerie, shoes etc.) as well as historic photographs and art reproductions, they will find them in ... \u003ci\u003eParis Fashion and World War Two.\u003c\/i\u003e ... Anyone attracted to the rise of fashion as an indelible part of twentieth-century modernity and interested in an informed, analytical approach to the social and aesthetic implications of fashion development will find that [this volume] offer[s] much to readers. * H-Soz-Kult *\u003cbr\u003eThe book provides an excellent source on global fashion networks in wartime, and the ways fashion is disseminated and adapted within particular cultures, while acting as inspiration for further investigations of these fascinating and important international histories. * Cultural and Social History: The Journal of the Social History Society ISSN: *\u003cbr\u003eStimulating, analytical, at times very moving, and enhanced by a judicious choice of illustrations. It will become a standard work, one that I cannot recommend highly enough. * Colin McDowell, author of 'The Literary Companion to Fashion' and contributor to The Business of Fashion website *\u003cbr\u003eAn extraordinary achievement … it transforms our picture of Paris fashion under the Nazi Occupation. * Valerie Steele, Director and Chief Curator at the Museum at FIT, New York, USA *\u003cbr\u003eBringing together an international cast of scholars and gorgeously illustrated, \u003ci\u003eParis Fashion and World War Two\u003c\/i\u003e will become the standard reference on the subject. * Steve Zdatny, University of Vermont, USA *\u003cbr\u003eA ‘must read’. It is a kaleidoscopic history of the contradictions faced by those who made, sold and wore luxury fashions during the darkest years of the war. * Alexandra Palmer, Royal Ontario Museum, Canada *\u003cbr\u003eThis book is a rarity in fashion scholarship in that it tells a story that engages the heart as much as the head, a story of human courage in the face of a great evil. * Brenda Polan, author of 'The Great Fashion Designers' *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eList of Illustrations\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eAcknowledgements\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eNotes on Contributors\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e Introduction: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eLou Taylor and Marie McLoughlin\u003c\/i\u003e  1. From Berlin to Paris \u003ci\u003eLou Taylor \u003c\/i\u003e  2. The Lyon \u003ci\u003ehaute nouveauté\u003c\/i\u003e fashion textile industry during World War Two: design, making, exhibition and diffusion \u003ci\u003eLou Taylor\u003c\/i\u003e 3. The Impact of Shortages on Couture Fashion Accessories in Paris, 1940-44 \u003ci\u003eDominique Veillon\u003c\/i\u003e 4. 'Much News from the Fashion Front’ – Swedish Neutrality and the Diffusion of Paris Fashion during World War Two \u003ci\u003eUlrika Kyaga\u003c\/i\u003e 5. From Paris to New York: the methods used by Paris \u003ci\u003ehaute couture\u003c\/i\u003e to maintain its domination on the fashion world on both sides of the Atlantic, 1939-46, through women’s magazines \u003ci\u003eSophie Kurkdjian\u003c\/i\u003e 6. The Fashion worlds of Paris and the USA during World War Two: competition, contact and business, 1939-45  \u003ci\u003eSandra Stansbery Buckland\u003c\/i\u003e 7. Lisbon as a centre of couture fashion in World War Two and its Paris and international connections \u003ci\u003eAlexandra Gameiro and Lou Taylor\u003c\/i\u003e 8. Fashion in Denmark in the ‘Five Dark Years' \u003ci\u003eKirsten Toftegaard\u003c\/i\u003e  9. The diffusion, reception and use of Paris style information by the press and \u003ci\u003ehaute couture\u003c\/i\u003e salons in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1939-45 \u003ci\u003eClaudia de Oliviera\u003c\/i\u003e 10. Annexed,  Neutral and Occupied – The Paris Influence on Couture Fashion in Austria, Switzerland and Belgium \u003ci\u003eLou Taylor\u003c\/i\u003e 11. 1944: London plans to become the ‘Meridian’ of world fashion \u003ci\u003eMarie McLoughlin\u003c\/i\u003e 12. Paris Fashion: An international product for an international clientele \u003ci\u003eMarie McLoughlin with post-script by Nancy Yeide \u003c\/i\u003e 13. The business of Paris couture from Liberation to Rejuvenation. Late August 1944 to February 1947 \u003ci\u003eLou Taylor with Marie McLoughlin\u003c\/i\u003e 14. The End of the War in Europe: Rejuvenating the International Business of Paris \u003ci\u003ehaute c\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eouture \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eLou Taylor with Marie McLoughlin\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cb\u003eConclusion: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eMarie McLoughlin and Lou Taylor with post script: A Letter from Nuremberg, 1946, Lou Taylor\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cb\u003eIndex\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48738577580375,"sku":"9781350000261","price":30.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781350000261.jpg?v=1720049531","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/paris-fashion-and-world-war-two-9781350000261","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}