Philip Clarke

The Rise of the Stylist (eBook, ePUB)

Subculture, Style and the Fashion Image in London 1980-1990

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The Rise of the Stylist examines the social factors that contributed to the stylist becoming a key role in fashion image-making. The 1980s' stylist is presented as a cultural intermediary and auteur, as commercial compass and avant-garde innovator.

Focusing on London from 1980 to 1990, Philip Clarke draws on oral history interviews with the young creatives who were involved in the specific subcultural scenes, educational environments and new modes of publishing that informed a unique moment in British cultural life. By documenting the history of the stylist in fashion and dress, as well as their contribution to fields such as food photography and car manufacture, this study looks beyond the style press and bridges the gap between production and promotion.

The Rise of the Stylist defines the specific nature of the stylist's role in relation to that of other creative occupations and locates discussion of styling within the context of postmodern society, where political shifts, technological developments and changing attitudes in all fields of cultural production are reflected in the manufacture and dissemination of fashion.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 168
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Juli 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781350301689
• Artikelnr.: 72247881

Autorenporträt

Philip Clarke is course leader of the Fashion Communication pathways at Central Saint Martins, London, UK. His teaching and research interests centre on visual communication and image-making in the field of fashion, focusing on the role of the stylist. Philip has authored chapters in Architecture Filmmaking (2020) eds. Troiani & Campbell, and Fashion Stylists: History, Meaning and Practice (Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2020) ed. Lynge-Jorlén.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. Histories of Styling: Connoisseurship
consumption and subculture 2. Style Culture and the London Scene 3. Style press and the fashion image: 1980-1985 4. Styling as Statement: Bricolage
art and politics 5. New Man
New Woman
New style: 1985-1990 6. The Rise of the Stylist: Legacy
status and hierarchy Conclusion Interviews: Caroline Baker Mitzi Lorenz David Bradshaw References Index