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Book SynopsisFor at least two centuries, fashion and art have maintained a competitive love-hate relationship. Both fashion and art construct imaginary worlds, and use a language of style to invigorate beliefs, perceptions and ideas. Until now the crossovers of fashion and art have received only scattered treatment and suffered from a dearth of theorization. As an attempt to theorize the area, this collection of new and updated essays is the most well-rounded and authoritative to date. Some of the world's foremost scholars in the field are assembled here to explore the art-fashion nexus in numerous ways: from aesthetics and performance to masquerade and media. Original and inspiring, this book will not only secure ‘art-fashion' as a discrete area of study, but also suggest new critical pathways for exploring their continuing cross-pollination. Fashion and Art is essential reading for students and scholars of fashion, art history and theory, cultural studies and related fields.Trade ReviewFinally a book on the complex relationship between art and fashion adopts a different approach. Instead of the usual attempts to decide where the boundary lines might be drawn , this anthology examines the areas where art and fashion meet. These essays are not only vital for scholars and students within both disciplines - for anyone and everyone, this is a highly enjoyable book. * Pamela Church Gibson, Reader in Cultural and Historical Studies, London College of Fashion, University of the Arts, London *A book that both traces, and participates in, the decay of the idea that Fashion is the superficial Other of Art. Between the covers of this book lies all the evidence one might need about the sustained collaboration between modernist artists and fashion designers. Through a wealth of historical detail and conceptual sophistication this book tells a fascinating story whose relevance will lie far beyond Fashion Studies. * Michael Carter *There have been previous books written on Fashion and Art, but none is of this standard. In its reach and sophistication, this book is a stand-alone in its field. For many years, fashion and art have been points of discussion and debate, and the subject of isolated disciplinary studies. Geczy and Karaminas and the key authors assembled here have done us a great service in elevating this topic to an area of serious interdisciplinary study, giving it coherence and circumscription. Fashion and Art is a landmark book for whose appearance couldn't be more timely. * Joseph H. Hancock II. Drexel University, Philadelphia. *A much awaited and exciting collection... bringing together some of the most prominent scholars and curators working within fashion (studies) and art (history), Fashion and Art boldly problematises the conflicting, yet symbiotic relations between art and fashion. * Louise Wallenberg, Director, Centre for Fashion Studies at Stockholm University, Sweden *Using thickly described and critically analyzed case materials, the authors in this edited volume break new ground in the ongoing debate regarding fashion and art. From euromodernities to contemporary, global "fashionscapes," this volume sheds refreshing light on the ambiguities, anxieties, and aesthetic pleasures associated with the fashion-art relationship. * Susan B. Kaiser, Chair of the Division of Textiles and Clothing at the University of California, Davis *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Adam Geczy and Vicki Karaminas 1. Fashion: Valerie Steele, The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology, USA 2. Art: Nancy Troy, Stanford University, USA 3. Aesthetics: Llewellyn Negrin, University of Tasmania, Australia 4. Modernity: Adam Geczy, Sydney College of the Arts, Australia 5. Conceptual: Hazel Clark, Parsons the New School of Design, USA 6. Body: Joanne Eicher, University of Minnesota, USA 7. Beauty: Morag Martin, State University of New York, USA 8. Boundaries: Diana Crane, University of Pennsylvania, USA 9. Authenticity: Efrat Tseëlon, Leeds University, UK 10. Performance: Herbert Blau, University of Washington, USA 11. Dressing up: Mary Gluck, Brown University, USA 12. Clothing: Margaret Maynard, University of Queensland, Australia 13. Patronage: Nicky Ryan, University of the Arts, London, UK 14. Painting: Aileen Ribeiro, University of London, UK 15. Image: Vicki Karaminas, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia 16. Exhibition: Alistair O'Neil, Central St Martins, London, UK 17. Curatorial: Barbara Heinemann, Goldstein Museum of Design, University of Minnesota, USA Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisPopular culture in the latter half of the twentieth century precipitated a decisive change in style and body image. Postwar film, television, radio shows, pulp fiction and comics placed heroic types firmly within public consciousness. This book concentrates on these heroic male types as they have evolved from the postwar era and their relationship to fashion to the present day. As well as demonstrating the role of male icons in contemporary society, this book's originality also lies in showing the many gender slippages that these icons help to effect or expose. It is by exploring the somewhat inviolate types accorded to contemporary masculinity that we see the very fragility of a stable or rounded male identity.Trade Review"This book makes an invaluable contribution to the rapidly emerging field of masculinity and gender studies by providing innovative, critical insights into the impact of historic and contemporary popular culture icons and archetypes on the formation and expression of male identity and multiple masculinities. This engaging exploration of the origins and existence of contemporary male icons from vampires and hipsters to Barbie’s Ken, exposes the socio-cultural contradictions that they espouse in their representation of dynamic masculinities. Finally we have a book that will spark lively interactions in the classroom and nuanced debates in future scholarship." -- Anne Peirson-Smith, City University of Hong KongTable of ContentsIntroduction1. Vampire Dandies1.1 The Dandy1.2 The "Crisis of Masculinity"1.3 Metrosexuality and the Cult of Self1.4 The vampire of Capital and Commodity1.5 Queer Vampire Masculinities2. Playboys2.1 Commodified Masculinities2.2 On the Virtues of Bachelorhood2.3 The Bachelor Pad, or the Sexual Lair2.4 James Bond 0072.5 Fashioning 0073. Hipsters3.1 The White Negro3.2 Hipster vs Beatnik3.3 Hipster Style4. Sailors4.1 Men in Uniform4.2 The Seepage of Sailor into Life and Lore4.4 Sailors Big and Small4.5 Disciplined but Naughty Boys4.6 Bell Bottoms and Fly Fronts4.7 Sailor Chic. From Boardwalk to Catwalk.5. Cowboys and Bushmen5.1 Unknown Frontiers5.2 Celluloid Cowboys5.3 The Australian Bushman5.4 Bushwear for Bushmen6. Leather Men6.1 Reel Men6.2 The Black Leather Motorcycle Jacket6.3 Leathermen6.4 Men of Rock6.5 Greesers and Punks7. Superheroes7.1 The Origin Stories7.2 Masked Masculinity and the Phallic Hero7.3 The Costume, or the Superheros Struggle with Fashion7.4 The Fabric of Superheroes7.5 Everyone’s a Superhero. Role-Play and Cosplay7.6 Who Does Batman Bat for?8. Gangstas8.1 "Ghettocentricity" and Street Cred8.2 Early Gangsta Style. Pachucos and the Zoot Suit8.3 Leave Political Correctness at the Door. Gangsta’s Paradise8.4 The Tyranny of Masculinity8.5 White GangstasConclusion

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Book SynopsisShortlisted for the Association of Dress Historians Book of the Year Award, 2021Libertine practices have long been associated with transgression and social deviance. This innovative book is the first to focus fully on the relationship between libertinism as a social phenomenon and as a form of fashion. Taking the reader from early modernity to the present day, Adam Geczy and Vicki Karaminas reveal how the connection between clothing and the taboo, the erotic, and the forbidden is at the heart of libertine fashion. Moving from the decadent courts of Charles II and Louis XV to the catwalks of the 21st century, Libertine Fashion examines literary and sartorial figures ranging from the Marquis de Sade and Lord Byron to Oscar Wilde, Josephine Baker, Colette, and Madonna. Focusing on libertinism as a sartorial practice and identity, this book traces the genealogy of the concept through the proto feminists of the English Reformation, the hedonistic decadents of the fin de sTrade ReviewAt once historically rich, learned, and playful, Libertine Fashion is a scholarly, sexy parade through fashion history with frisky side embellishments that reframe accepted thinking of the Libertine in new and thought provoking ways. * The Journal of Dress History *Wide in scope and pacily written, the book successfully pulls together a diverse body of scholarship and poses challenging arguments for the broad readership at which it is aimed. * Cultural and Social History: The Journal of the Social History Society *An illuminating reading of the phenomenon of libertinism engaging with the power of fashion and style ... An essential and comprehensive reading and a valuable resource for researchers, students and scholars of fashion, cultural studies, gender, and sexuality. * Zone Moda Journal *What does it mean to give oneself over to pleasure in dress without compromise? In Libertine Fashion Geczy and Karaminas provide provocative answers. With intelligence and wit their case studies and wide-ranging references bring sartorial libertinism alive, offering an original and much needed history of this fascinating terrain for a new generation. * Chris Breward, National Museums Scotland, UK *Making a significant contribution to critical literature, and highly entertaining to read with a pleasing lightness of touch, Libertine Fashion illuminates social and sexual rebellion, complex encounters, bizarre dalliances and innovative experiments in behaviour, manners and dress; it brings a fresh perspective to the study of fashion, gender and sexuality. * Pamela Church Gibson, London College of Fashion, UK *Both lively and scholarly, Libertine Fashion sheds new light on one of the most sensational and underestimated aspects of European cultural history. Geczy and Karaminas offer a compelling overview of transgressive fashion practices and ideologies, combining extensive research with imaginative interpretation. This provocative and witty study of Libertine tradition demonstrates the centrality of fashion for subverting gender stereotypes. * Olga Vainshtein, Russian State University for the Humanities, Russia *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Ackowledgements Introduction: Nuancing the Libertine 1. The Merry and Scandalous Court of Charles II 2. The Divine Marquis and the Golden Age of Libertinism 3. The Byronic Hero 4. Decadent Androgynes and Masculine Impersonators: George Sand, Rachilde and Collette 5. Bizarre Dandyism and Decadence: Oscar Wilde 6. From Harlem and Pigalle: Josephine Baker 7. Postmodern Libertinism and Glam Rock: David Bowie 8. Disciplinary Regimes: The Perversity of Jean-Paul Gaultier Conclusion: We are All Libertines Now Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThe Men's Fashion Reader brings together key writings in the history, culture and identity of men's fashion. The readings provide a balanced range of important methodological approaches, primary research and significant case studies. The book is organized into thematic sections covering topics such as history, theory, subculture, iconic items of clothing, consumption and the media. Each section is introduced and concludes with an annotated guide to further reading. With exciting illustrations of men's dress from a range of historical periods, and including readings from key scholars and new writers across a wide range of fields, The Men's Fashion Reader is the essential introduction to the subject. Introduction: The Field of Men's Fashion Part 1. A History of Men's Fashion Part 2. Masculinity and Sexuality Part 3. Icons: The Evolution of Men's Wear Part 4. Subculture Part 5. Consuming and Creating Style ConclusionTrade ReviewMen's interest in fashion and the role of fashion in constructing masculine identity have so far not been investigated in depth. The Men's Fashion Reader is an important work exploring all aspects of men and fashion - from design to production, communication and consumption. At last an ideal resource is available to scholars, students and professionals. -- Simona Segre Reinach, Iuav University, Venice Invaluable contributions to the field of fashion, dress and textile studies Social Anthropology/Anthropolgie Sociale This rich anthology leaves one asking 'How did we manage without?'. ... The Men's Fashion Reader provides a critical resource for fashion and cultural studies. Magazine for the University of Technology, Sydney Examining the history, culture and identity of men's fashion, The Men's Fashion Reader is an in-depth work exploring masculinity, the evolution of menswear, the rise of subculture and the era of consumption. An essential introduction for any man looking to explore the business and theory behind men's fashion. The Montebury MagazineTable of ContentsIntroduction: The Field of Men's Fashion Part 1: A History of Men's Fashion Section Introduction 1. From Black in Spain to Black in Shakespeare, John Harvey 2. The Three Piece Suit, David Kuchta 3. Macaroni Masculinities, Peter McNeil 4. Thomas Carlyle and 'Sartor Restartus', Michael Carter 5. Dandyism, Visual Games and the Strategies of Representation, Olga Vainshtein 6. A Tale of Three Louis: Ambiguity, Masculinity and the Bowtie, Rob Shields 7. Uniforms and the Creation of Ideal Masculinity, Elizabeth Hackspiel-Mikosch 8. Better and Brighter Clothes: The Men's Dress Reform Party, Barbara Burman Annotated Guide to Further Reading Part 2: Masculinity and Sexuality Section Introduction 9. California Casual: Lifestyle Marketing and Men's Leisure Wear, 1930-1960, William R. Scott 10. 'His Clothes': Fashionable Gay Masculinity and the Shopping Experience, London, 1950s-1970s, Clare Lomas 11. Uber Men: Fashionable Heroics and Masculine Style, Vicki Karaminas 12. The Italian Job: Football, Fashion and That Sarong, Stella Bruzzi 13. From Catwalk to Catalogue: Male Models, Masculinity and Identity, Joanne Entwistle 14. The Transvestite Continuum: Liberace-Valentino-Elvis, Marjorie Garber 15. Dragging It Up and Down: The Glamorised Male Body, Mark Simpson 16. Class, Race and Masculinity: The Superfly, The McDaddy and The Rapper, Del LaGrace Volcano and Judith Halberstam Annotated Guide to Further Reading Part 3: Icons: The Evolution of Men's Wear Section Introduction 17. The Genesis of the Suit, Anne Hollander 18. The Reinvention of Tailoring, Michael Zakim 19. The Japanese Suit and Modernity, Toby Slade 20. Clothes and the Modern Man in 1930s Oxford, Laura Ugolini 21. A Note: A Charismatic Art: The Balance of Ingratiation and Outrage in Contemporary Fashion, Richard Martin 22. Modern Masculinity and the Rise of School Uniforms, Jennifer Craik 23. Texas Livestock Auctions: A Folklife Ethnography, George A. Boeck, Jr 24. American Denim: Blue Jeans and Their Multiple Layers of Meaning, Beverley Gordon Annotated Guide to Further Reading Part 4: Subculture Section Introduction 25. The Zoot Suit: Its History and Influence, Holly Alford 26. Back to Africa: Reggae and Rastafarianism, Dick Hebdige 27. Cultural Responses to the Teds, Tony Jefferson 28. Rock, Fashion and Performativity, Noel McLaughlin 29. The Warhol Look, Mark Francis and Margery King 30. 'Macho Man': Clones and the Development of the Masculine Stereotype, Shaun Cole Annotated Guide to Further Reading Part 5: Consuming and Creating Style Section Introduction 31. Fashion and the Man: From Suburb to City Street. The Spaces of Masculine Consumption 1870-1914, Christopher Breward 32. Fashioning the Playboy: Messages of Style and Masculinity in the Pages of Playboy Magazine, 1953-1963, Becky Conekin 33. 'It was Style with a Capital 'S": Versions of Being Male Presented at the Beautillion Ball, Annette Lynch 34. New Men and New Markets, Frank Mort 35. Consuming Masculinities: Style, Content and Men's Magazines, Tim Edwards Annotated Guide to Further Reading Conclusion

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Book SynopsisFor hundreds of years consumers and scholars have acknowledged that food is affected by the same rapid shifts in taste and consumption as clothing. Trends in fashion and in food are increasingly being marketed in tandem and sold as fashionable commodities to reinforce capitalist power. Yet despite this, the reciprocal relationship between fashion and food has not been fully explored until now.Gastrofashion from Haute Cuisine to Haute Couture examines the relationship between food and fashion in clothing, style, and dress in all its manifestations, from the restaurant to the catwalk, to cookbooks, diet fads, slow food, fast fashion, celebrity chefs, artists, and musical performers. It traces the relationship between food and fashion back to the Middle Ages, to the rise of social refinements in manners, speech, clothing, and taste, when behaviours and appearances reflected social status and propriety and where the social display of wealth and privilege were inseparable from food 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

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Book SynopsisFashionable Masculinities explores the expression of masculinities through constructions of fashion, identity, style and appearance as the third decade of the new millennium begins: a contradictory and precarious moment when masculinities are defined by protests and pandemics whilst being problematized across class, ethnicity, race, gender and sexuality. Whilst a majority of men might still define themselves as ‘traditional,’ post-millennials are now talking about how they envision a future without gender boundaries and borders. Rather than being defined as a gender, masculinity has now become a style that can be worn and performed as traditional and normative codes of masculinity are modulated and manipulated. This volume includes original essays on musical pop sensation Harry Styles, rapper and producer “Puff Daddy” Sean Combs, lumbersexuals, spornosexuals, sexy daddies, and aging cool black daddies. Bringing together contributions from leading scholars, this book interrogates and challenges the meaning of masculinities and the ways that they are experienced and lived. Trade Review"It is not just queers, pimp daddies, and lumbersexuals who rendezvous on this volume; it is a whole spectrum of masculinities: blak-indigenous men, gym bros, ageing action heroes, retro hipsters, Harry, and gen-Z influencers. Masculinities are legion: fluid, complex, and poised to forever resist essentializing binaries and gender signifiers. This timely volume, written by top experts in the field, offers a thorough insight into the design, advertising, retail, and consumption of fashionable masculinities." -- José Blanco F. * Chair of Fashion, Dominican University, Illinois *"This text represents the future of men’s fashion studies. It symbolizes a pivotal turn for understanding this discipline. The contributors take us on a journey through men’s fashion from the beginning into contemporary style. This book is crucial for anyone interested in men’s appearances, fashion, and lifestyles." -- Joseph H. Hancock, II * professor, Drexel University, Philadelphia *"It is not just queers, pimp daddies, and lumbersexuals who rendezvous on this volume; it is a whole spectrum of masculinities: blak-indigenous men, gym bros, ageing action heroes, retro hipsters, Harry, and gen-Z influencers. Masculinities are legion: fluid, complex, and poised to forever resist essentializing binaries and gender signifiers. This timely volume, written by top experts in the field, offers a thorough insight into the design, advertising, retail, and consumption of fashionable masculinities." -- José Blanco F. * Chair of Fashion, Dominican University, Illinois *"This text represents the future of men’s fashion studies. It symbolizes a pivotal turn for understanding this discipline. The contributors take us on a journey through men’s fashion from the beginning into contemporary style. This book is crucial for anyone interested in men’s appearances, fashion, and lifestyles." -- Joseph H. Hancock, II * professor, Drexel University, Philadelphia *"Contributors include some of the best minds in their field ... and the book’s 16 chapters are accessible to anyone interested in gender and clothing. ...Fashionable Masculinities picks apart our understanding of manhood, showing how 'masculinity has become a style that can be worn, assumed — or abjured.'" -- Derek Guy * Vulture.com & New York Magazine *Table of ContentsForewordChristopher BrewardIntroductionVicki Karaminas, Adam Geczy, and Pamela Church Gibson1 Harry Styles: Fashion’s Gender ChangelingVicki Karaminas and Justine Taylor2 Puff Daddy’s Mogul Style: Penis in Furs or Surface Tensions?Nigel Lezama3 Daddy Cool: Aging Black Male Bodies and Embodied Stylin’Michael McMillan4 Unisex and Individuation: Contemporary Russian Fashion and Men’s (Self)-StylingVlad Strukov5 Spectacularizing the Male Body: Fashionable Physiques in the Age of InstagramJay McCauley Bowstead6 One Sexy Daddy: Desirable Dad “Bods” and the Popular Romance NovelJonathan A. Allan7 The Bodyclad Cinematic Hero: Aging, Masculinity, and Technological MediationAdam Geczy8 The Rise of the Bottom: Counterdiscourse to Challenge Heteronormativity within the Gay CommunityAndrew Reilly9 Unfashionable Goodes: The Wrong Kind of Blak and the Scandalization of Indigenous Masculinities in Settler-AustraliaBarry Judd and Nikita Vanderbyl10 The Rough and the Smooth Revisited: Masculinity, Fashion, and James Bond for a New MillenniumPamela Church Gibson11 “Coming Out” and Fitting In: The Role of Dress and Style in Fashioning Gay Men’s Identities in the New MillenniumShaun Cole12 Crip Masculinities and Everyday Dress: Intersectional Narratives of Imagination, Access, and OwnershipBen Barry13 Dandyism Revisited: From the English Gent to the SapeurOlga Vainshtein14 Beard-Grooming Brands and Products as Representations of MasculinityVictor Vey15 Gent-rifying the Stylish Neighborhood: An Examination of Retail Accommodation for the Asian Urban Male ConsumerAnne Peirson-Smith and Jennifer Craik16 A Vision of a Modern DandyJulio Mompó with Olga VainshteinAcknowledgmentsBibliographyNotes on ContributorsIndex

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Book SynopsisWhen we open our closet doors each morning, we seldom consider what our sartorial choices say, whether we tend toward jeans and a well-worn concert t-shirt or wingtips and a three-piece suit. Yet, how we dress divulges more than whether we crave comfort or couture; our clothing communicates who we are and how we relate to our culture. But how does a Balenciaga bag or a tough leather jacket topped by liberty spikes signify these things? Fashion in Popular Culture considers this question. Combining fashion theory with approaches from literature, art, advertising, music, media studies, material studies, and sociology, contributors from across Europe, Australia, and the United States consider the function of fashion within popular culture. Fashion, they show, has the capacity to both influence and be influenced by popular culture, and its meaning is also contingent upon context. Chapters in the book cover both historical and contemporary concerns, addressing a variety of other questions, including the role fashion plays in subcultures. For students and scholars of fashion and popular culture—or anyone fascinated by what clothing can convey—Fashion in Popular Culture offers an engaging, interdisciplinary analysis.Trade Review'If you enjoy fashion, anthropology, sociology or simply want to get to know your favourite icons a bit better, then this book is an excellent choice.' -- Amanda Kay, West End Magazine'This book is fascinating' -- Todd Robinson, UTS'The anthology 'Fashion in Popular Culture' adds much-needed voices to the interdisciplinary discussion of fashion and popular culture' -- Journal of Popular Culture, Scott StalcupTable of ContentsIntroduction – Joseph H. Hancock, II, Toni Johnson-Woods and Vicki Karaminas List of Figures Fashion in Contemporary Culture Chapter 1: Brand This Way: Lady Gaga’s Fashion as Storytelling Context to the GLBT Community – Joseph H. Hancock, II Chapter 2: Navigating Cultural Anxiety: Strategic Ambiguity in Lisbeth Salander’s Style-Fashion-Dress – Susan B. Kaiser Chapter 3: Australian Gothic: Black Light Angels, Appearance, and Subcultural Style – Vicki Karaminas Chapter 4: Fashionable Addiction: The Path to Heroin Chic – Alphonso D. McClendon Fashion in Media and Literature Chapter 5: Dames and Design: Fashion and Appearance on Pulp Fiction Covers, 1950–1960 – Toni Johnson-Woods Chapter 6: Territories of Knowledge and Nostalgia in Modern Fashion Designer Life Writing – Ilya Parkins Chapter 7: Looking for Mr. Benson: The Black Leather Motorcycle Jacket and Narratives of Masculinities – Marvin J. Taylor Chapter 8: Fashion Photography, Phallocentrism, and Feminist Critique – Louise Wallenberg Chapter 9: ‘He Can’t Love Me if I’m Ugly’: The Recurring Theme of Popular Beauty in the Television Soap Opera Days of Our Lives – Andrew Reilly and Nancy A. Rudd Chapter 10: Redressing the Devil’s Wardrobe: Representing and Re-Reading the Darker Side of Fashion in Chick Lit Novels – Anne Peirson-Smith Fashion in Historical Context Chapter 11: Redeeming the Voices of Reform – Patricia A. Cunningham Chapter 12: The Language of Luxury in Eighteenth-Century France – Paula von Wachenfeldt Chapter 13: The Devil of Fashion: Women, Fashion, and the Nation inEarly-Twentieth-Century German and Swedish Cultural Magazines – Andrea Kollnitz Chapter 14: Rome: Eternal City of Fashion and Film – Eugenia Paulicelli

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Book SynopsisFashionable Masculinities explores the expression of masculinities through constructions of fashion, identity, style and appearance as the third decade of the new millennium begins: a contradictory and precarious moment when masculinities are defined by protests and pandemics whilst being problematized across class, ethnicity, race, gender and sexuality. Whilst a majority of men might still define themselves as ‘traditional,’ post-millennials are now talking about how they envision a future without gender boundaries and borders. Rather than being defined as a gender, masculinity has now become a style that can be worn and performed as traditional and normative codes of masculinity are modulated and manipulated. This volume includes original essays on musical pop sensation Harry Styles, rapper and producer “Puff Daddy” Sean Combs, lumbersexuals, spornosexuals, sexy daddies, and aging cool black daddies. Bringing together contributions from leading scholars, this book interrogates and challenges the meaning of masculinities and the ways that they are experienced and lived. Trade Review"It is not just queers, pimp daddies, and lumbersexuals who rendezvous on this volume; it is a whole spectrum of masculinities: blak-indigenous men, gym bros, ageing action heroes, retro hipsters, Harry, and gen-Z influencers. Masculinities are legion: fluid, complex, and poised to forever resist essentializing binaries and gender signifiers. This timely volume, written by top experts in the field, offers a thorough insight into the design, advertising, retail, and consumption of fashionable masculinities." -- José Blanco F. * Chair of Fashion, Dominican University, Illinois *"This text represents the future of men’s fashion studies. It symbolizes a pivotal turn for understanding this discipline. The contributors take us on a journey through men’s fashion from the beginning into contemporary style. This book is crucial for anyone interested in men’s appearances, fashion, and lifestyles." -- Joseph H. Hancock, II * professor, Drexel University, Philadelphia *"It is not just queers, pimp daddies, and lumbersexuals who rendezvous on this volume; it is a whole spectrum of masculinities: blak-indigenous men, gym bros, ageing action heroes, retro hipsters, Harry, and gen-Z influencers. Masculinities are legion: fluid, complex, and poised to forever resist essentializing binaries and gender signifiers. This timely volume, written by top experts in the field, offers a thorough insight into the design, advertising, retail, and consumption of fashionable masculinities." -- José Blanco F. * Chair of Fashion, Dominican University, Illinois *"This text represents the future of men’s fashion studies. It symbolizes a pivotal turn for understanding this discipline. The contributors take us on a journey through men’s fashion from the beginning into contemporary style. This book is crucial for anyone interested in men’s appearances, fashion, and lifestyles." -- Joseph H. Hancock, II * professor, Drexel University, Philadelphia *"Contributors include some of the best minds in their field ... and the book’s 16 chapters are accessible to anyone interested in gender and clothing. ...Fashionable Masculinities picks apart our understanding of manhood, showing how 'masculinity has become a style that can be worn, assumed — or abjured.'" -- Derek Guy * Vulture.com & New York Magazine *Table of ContentsForewordChristopher BrewardIntroductionVicki Karaminas, Adam Geczy, and Pamela Church Gibson1 Harry Styles: Fashion’s Gender ChangelingVicki Karaminas and Justine Taylor2 Puff Daddy’s Mogul Style: Penis in Furs or Surface Tensions?Nigel Lezama3 Daddy Cool: Aging Black Male Bodies and Embodied Stylin’Michael McMillan4 Unisex and Individuation: Contemporary Russian Fashion and Men’s (Self)-StylingVlad Strukov5 Spectacularizing the Male Body: Fashionable Physiques in the Age of InstagramJay McCauley Bowstead6 One Sexy Daddy: Desirable Dad “Bods” and the Popular Romance NovelJonathan A. Allan7 The Bodyclad Cinematic Hero: Aging, Masculinity, and Technological MediationAdam Geczy8 The Rise of the Bottom: Counterdiscourse to Challenge Heteronormativity within the Gay CommunityAndrew Reilly9 Unfashionable Goodes: The Wrong Kind of Blak and the Scandalization of Indigenous Masculinities in Settler-AustraliaBarry Judd and Nikita Vanderbyl10 The Rough and the Smooth Revisited: Masculinity, Fashion, and James Bond for a New MillenniumPamela Church Gibson11 “Coming Out” and Fitting In: The Role of Dress and Style in Fashioning Gay Men’s Identities in the New MillenniumShaun Cole12 Crip Masculinities and Everyday Dress: Intersectional Narratives of Imagination, Access, and OwnershipBen Barry13 Dandyism Revisited: From the English Gent to the SapeurOlga Vainshtein14 Beard-Grooming Brands and Products as Representations of MasculinityVictor Vey15 Gent-rifying the Stylish Neighborhood: An Examination of Retail Accommodation for the Asian Urban Male ConsumerAnne Peirson-Smith and Jennifer Craik16 A Vision of a Modern DandyJulio Mompó with Olga VainshteinAcknowledgmentsBibliographyNotes on ContributorsIndex

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