A Cultural History Of Dress And Fashion

Author : Elizabeth Currie
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2018-11-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781350114142

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A Cultural History of Dress and Fashion in the Renaissance by Elizabeth Currie Pdf

Spurred by an increasingly international and competitive market, the Renaissance saw the development of many new fabrics and the use of highly prized ingredients imported from the New World. In response to a thirst for the new, fashion's pace of change accelerated, the production of garments provided employment for an increasingly significant proportion of the working population, and entrepreneurial artisans began to transform even the most functional garments into fashionable ones. Anxieties concerning vanity and the power of clothing to mask identities heightened fears of fashion's corrupting influence, and heralded the great age of sumptuary legislation intended to police status and gender through dress. Drawing on sources from surviving garments to artworks to moralising pamphlets, this richly illustrated volume presents essays on textiles, production and distribution, the body, belief, gender and sexuality, status, ethnicity, and visual and literary representations to illustrate the diversity and cultural significance of dress and fashion in the period.

Author : Susan J. Vincent,Mary Harlow,Sarah-Grace Heller,Peter McNeil,Elizabeth Currie (Fashion designer),Denise Amy Baxter,Alexandra Palmer
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Design
ISBN : 9780857857613

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A Cultural History of Dress and Fashion in the Age of Enlightenment by Susan J. Vincent,Mary Harlow,Sarah-Grace Heller,Peter McNeil,Elizabeth Currie (Fashion designer),Denise Amy Baxter,Alexandra Palmer Pdf

A cultural history of dress and fashion' presents an authoritative survey from ancient times to the present. This set of six volumes covers over 2,500 years of dress and fashion. Volume 1: Antiquity (500BCE-800AD), edited by Mary Harlow; Volume 2: The Medieval Age (800-1450), edited by Sarah-Grace Heller; Volume 3: The Renaissance (1450-1650), edited by Elizabeth Currie; Volume 4: The Age of Enlightenment (1650-1800), edited by Peter McNeil; Volume 5: The Age of Empire (1800-1920), edited by Denise Amy Baxter; Volume 6: The Modern Age (1920-2000+), edited by Alexandra Palmer. Each volume discusses the same key themes in its chapters: 1. Textiles 2. Production and Distribution 3. The Body 4. Belief 5. Gender and Sexuality 6. Status 7. Ethnicity 8. Visual Representations 9. Literary Representations. This structure means readers can either have a broad overview of a period by reading a volume or follow a theme through history by reading the relevant chapter in each volume. Superbly illustrated, the full six volume set combines to present the most authoritative and comprehensive survey available on dress and fashion through history.

Author : Eric Silverman
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2013-01-01
Category : Design
ISBN : 9781847882868

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A Cultural History of Jewish Dress by Eric Silverman Pdf

A Cultural History of Jewish Dress is the first comprehensive account of Jewish clothing, both profane and sacred, from its origins through to the present day. Fascinating and accessibly written, it will appeal to anybody with an interest in the central role of clothing in defining Jewish identity.

Author : Susan J. Vincent,Mary Harlow,Sarah-Grace Heller,Elizabeth Currie (Fashion designer),Peter McNeil,Denise Amy Baxter,Alexandra Palmer
Publisher : Bloomsbury Academic
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Clothing and dress
ISBN : 1350204897

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A Cultural History of Dress and Fashion by Susan J. Vincent,Mary Harlow,Sarah-Grace Heller,Elizabeth Currie (Fashion designer),Peter McNeil,Denise Amy Baxter,Alexandra Palmer Pdf

A cultural history of dress and fashion' presents an authoritative survey from ancient times to the present. This set of six volumes covers over 2,500 years of dress and fashion. Volume 1: Antiquity (500BCE-800AD), edited by Mary Harlow; Volume 2: The Medieval Age (800-1450), edited by Sarah-Grace Heller; Volume 3: The Renaissance (1450-1650), edited by Elizabeth Currie; Volume 4: The Age of Enlightenment (1650-1800), edited by Peter McNeil; Volume 5: The Age of Empire (1800-1920), edited by Denise Amy Baxter; Volume 6: The Modern Age (1920-2000+), edited by Alexandra Palmer. Each volume discusses the same key themes in its chapters: 1. Textiles 2. Production and Distribution 3. The Body 4. Belief 5. Gender and Sexuality 6. Status 7. Ethnicity 8. Visual Representations 9. Literary Representations. This structure means readers can either have a broad overview of a period by reading a volume or follow a theme through history by reading the relevant chapter in each volume. Superbly illustrated, the full six volume set combines to present the most authoritative and comprehensive survey available on dress and fashion through history.

Author : Bonnie English
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2013-08-01
Category : Design
ISBN : 9780857851369

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A Cultural History of Fashion in the 20th and 21st Centuries by Bonnie English Pdf

This new edition of a bestselling textbook is designed for students, scholars, and anyone interested in 20th century fashion history. Accessibly written and well illustrated, the book outlines the social and cultural history of fashion thematically, and contains a wide range of global case studies on key designers, styles, movements and events. The new edition has been revised and expanded: there are new sections on eco-fashion, fashion and the museum, major changes in the fashion market in the 21st century (including the impact of new media and retailing networks), new technologies, fashion weeks, the rise of asian fashion centers and more. There are twice as many illustrations. In its second edition, A Cultural History of Fashion in the 20th and 21st Centuries is the ideal introductory text for all students of fashion.

Author : Valerie Steele
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2017-09-21
Category : Design
ISBN : 9781474245494

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Paris Fashion by Valerie Steele Pdf

Paris has been the international capital of fashion for more than 300 years. Even before the rise of the haute couture, Parisians were notorious for their obsession with fashion, and foreigners eagerly followed their lead. From Charles Frederick Worth to Gabrielle "Coco†? Chanel, Christian Dior, and Yves Saint Laurent, fashion history is dominated by the names of Parisian couturiers. But Valerie Steele's Paris Fashion is much more than just a history of great designers. This fascinating book demonstrates that the success of Paris ultimately rests on the strength of its fashion culture – created by a host of fashion performers and spectators, including actresses, dandies, milliners, artists, and writers. First published in 1988 to great international acclaim, this pioneering book has now been completely revised and brought up to date, encompassing the rise of fashion's multiple world cities in the 21st century. Lavishly illustrated, deeply learned, and elegantly written, Valerie Steele's masterwork explores with brilliance and flair why Paris remains the capital of fashion.

Author : Mary Harlow
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2018-11-01
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781350114036

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A Cultural History of Dress and Fashion in Antiquity by Mary Harlow Pdf

Whilst seemingly simple garments such as the tunic remained staples of the classical wardrobe, sources from the period reveal a rich variety of changing styles and attitudes to clothing across the ancient world. Covering the period 500 BCE to 800 CE and drawing on sources ranging from extant garments and architectural iconography to official edicts and literature, this volume reveals Antiquity's preoccupation with dress, which was matched by an appreciation of the processes of production rarely seen in later periods. From a courtesan's sheer faux-silk garb to the sumptuous purple dyes of an emperor's finery, clothing was as much a marker of status and personal expression as it was a site of social control and anxiety. Contemporary commentators expressed alarm in equal measure at the over-dressed, the excessively ascetic or at 'barbarian' silhouettes. Richly illustrated with 100 images, A Cultural History of Dress and Fashion in Antiquity presents an overview of the period with essays on textiles, production and distribution, the body, belief, gender and sexuality, status, ethnicity, visual representations, and literary representations.

Author : Susan Vincent
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1050006837

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A Cultural History of Dress and Fashion by Susan Vincent Pdf

Author : Denise Amy Baxter
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2018-11-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781350114081

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A Cultural History of Dress and Fashion in the Age of Empire by Denise Amy Baxter Pdf

During the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries the production of dress shifted dramatically from being predominantly hand-crafted in small quantities to machine-manufactured in bulk. The increasing democratization of appearances made new fashions more widely available, but at the same time made the need to differentiate social rank seem more pressing. In this age of empire, the coding of class, gender and race was frequently negotiated through dress in complex ways, from fashionable dress which restricted or exaggerated the female body to liberating reform dress, from self-defining black dandies to the oppressions and resistances of slave dress. Richly illustrated with over 100 images and drawing on a plethora of visual, textual and object sources, A Cultural History of Dress and Fashion in the Age of Empire presents essays on textiles, production and distribution, the body, belief, gender and sexuality, status, ethnicity, and visual and literary representations to illustrate the diversity and cultural significance of dress and fashion in the period.

Author : Peter McNeil
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2018-11-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781350114128

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A Cultural History of Dress and Fashion in the Age of Enlightenment by Peter McNeil Pdf

Eighteenth-century fashion was cosmopolitan and varied. Whilst the wildly extravagant and colorful elite fashions parodied in contemporary satire had significant influence on wider dress habits, more austere garments produced in darker fabrics also reflected the ascendancy of a puritan middle class as well as a more practical approach to dress. With the rise of print culture and reading publics, fashions were more quickly disseminated and debated than ever, and the appetite for fashion periodicals went hand in hand with a preoccupation with the emerging concept of taste. Richly illustrated with 100 images and drawing on pictorial, textual and object sources, A Cultural History of Dress and Fashion in the Age of Enlightenment presents essays on textiles, production and distribution, the body, belief, gender and sexuality, status, ethnicity, and visual and literary representations to illustrate the diversity and cultural significance of dress and fashion in the period.

Author : Valerie Steele
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2001-01-01
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780300099539

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The Corset by Valerie Steele Pdf

Korsettets kulturhistorie fra renæssancen til det 20. århundrede

Author : Daniel Roche
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 564 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1996-10-10
Category : Design
ISBN : 0521574544

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The Culture of Clothing by Daniel Roche Pdf

Newly avilable in paperback, this major contribution to cultural history is a study of dress in France in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Daniel Roche discusses general approaches to the history of dress, locates the subject within current French historiography and uses a large sample of inventories to explore the differences between the various social classes in the amount they spent and the kind of clothes they wore. His essential argument is that there was a 'vestimentary revolution' in the later eighteenth century as all sections of the population became caught up in the world of fashion and fast-moving consumption.

Author : Richard Thompson Ford
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2022-01-18
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 9781501180088

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Dress Codes by Richard Thompson Ford Pdf

A law professor and cultural critic offers an eye-opening exploration of the laws of fashion throughout history, from the middle ages to the present day, examining the canons, mores and customs of clothing rules that we often take for granted

Author : Elizabeth Currie
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 517 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2018-11-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781350114135

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A Cultural History of Dress and Fashion in the Renaissance by Elizabeth Currie Pdf

Spurred by an increasingly international and competitive market, the Renaissance saw the development of many new fabrics and the use of highly prized ingredients imported from the New World. In response to a thirst for the new, fashion's pace of change accelerated, the production of garments provided employment for an increasingly significant proportion of the working population, and entrepreneurial artisans began to transform even the most functional garments into fashionable ones. Anxieties concerning vanity and the power of clothing to mask identities heightened fears of fashion's corrupting influence, and heralded the great age of sumptuary legislation intended to police status and gender through dress. Drawing on sources from surviving garments to artworks to moralising pamphlets, this richly illustrated volume presents essays on textiles, production and distribution, the body, belief, gender and sexuality, status, ethnicity, and visual and literary representations to illustrate the diversity and cultural significance of dress and fashion in the period.

Author : Bonnie English,Nazanin Hedayat Munroe
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2022-04-28
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781350150881

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A Cultural History of Western Fashion by Bonnie English,Nazanin Hedayat Munroe Pdf

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.