Bonnie English, Nazanin Hedayat Munroe

A Cultural History of Western Fashion (eBook, PDF)

From Haute Couture to Virtual Couture

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Just as the clothes we wear can communicate our personality and how we want to be perceived, so fashion can reflect the politics and preoccupations of the society that produced it.

A Cultural History of Western Fashion guides you through the relationships between haute couture and ready-to-wear designer fashions, popular culture, big business, high-tech production, as well as traditional and social media. Exploring fashion's interdisciplinary nature, English and Munroe also highlight the parallel evolution of clothing design and the other visual arts over the last 150 years.

This new edition includes expanded coverage of the build up to the First World War and brings this classic text up to date. There is also a new chapter on smart textiles and technology, exploring the work of Hussein Chalayan and Iris Van Herpen among others, and expanded coverage of the role of sustainability in the contemporary fashion industry, including biosynthetic textile production and Stella McCartney's use of vegan leather.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Januar 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781350150904
• Artikelnr.: 62903352

Autorenporträt

Bonnie English was, until her death in 2013, Associate Professor in Art History & Theory at the Queensland College of Art, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1.The Commercialization of Fashion Dress and Society in Europe
Before the Twentieth Century Social Implications of Dress The Rise of Haute
Couture Charles Frederick Worth The Rise of Consumerism The Social
Equalizer of the Department Store 2.The Artistry of Fashion Artist-Led
Workshops Haute Couture at the Turn of the Twentieth Century Paul Poiret:
King of Fashion The Goddess Silhouettes of Vionnet and Fortuny Sonia
Delaunay: Simultaneous Contrast of Colours Elsa Schiaparelli: Surrealism in
Fashion 3.The Democratization of Fashion Changes in Commerce and Social
Structure The Art of Fashion Advertising Flooding the American Market:
Reproductions and Fakes Coco Chanel: Pauvreté De Luxe Jean Patou: Style
meets Scandal Fashion and Functionalist Theory Stepanova and Popova:
Russian Constructivism Dressing Thousands: The Birth of Prêt-À-Porter 4.The
Americanization of Fashion Slop Shops, Sweatshops, and Factory Work Fit and
Function Piracy in Fashion American Couture The 'American Look' in
Ready-to-Wear Changes in Menswear: Shirts, Jeans, and Suits Fashion in
Film: Costume Designer as Couturier Fashion as Sociopolitical Statement:
Zoot Suits 5.The Popularization of Fashion Haute Couture Following the
Second World War Christobal Balenciaga Christian Dior Yves Saint Laurent
André Courrèges Pierre Cardin Clothing and Popular Culture The Swinging
'60s in London Mary Quant Alternative Fashion Zandra Rhodes Laura Ashley
6.The Postmodernization of Fashion Postmodernism in Fashion and Art The
Rejection of Fashion Vivienne Westwood: Anarchy as Inspiration Fashion and
Music Anti-Fashion as Feminism Japanese Conceptual Fashion: Miyake,
Yamamoto and Kawakubo Redefining Popular Culture Through Heritage
Contextualization 7.The Deviance of Fashion Franco Moschino Viktor & Rolf
Martin Margiela Alexander McQueen Harajuku Street Fashion Fashion Imagery
and Notions of Gender Construction The Reinvention of Menswear 8.The
Lifestyle of Fashion American Sportswear Designers Ralph Lauren Calvin
Klein Donna Karan Redefining Womenswear: Power Dressing Fashion as
Ideological Billboard Street Style on the Catwalk 9.The Corporatization of
Fashion Global Conglomerates LVMH: The Super Syndicate Luxury Heritage
Branding The Designer as Product Fashion as Philanthropy and Installation
Perfume: A License to Make Money The Death of Haute Couture? Counterfeit
Chic Ecommerce and Online Shopping 10.The Sustainability of Fashion The
Origins of Disposable Fashion Industry Issues: Waste, Pollution, and Labour
Sustainable Alternatives Green is the New Black Vintage Clothing as
Recycling Other Sustainable Approaches Ethical Concerns 11.The Digitization
of Fashion Virtual Couture Technology in Fashion: A brief history Fashion
and Technology in the 21st Century Hussein Chalayan Iris van Herpen Fashion
as Future and Fantasy Representation and Inclusivity in Fashion Conclusion
Notes Glossary Bibliography