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Fashion Cultures: Theories, Explorations and Analysisby: Stella Bruzzi
From the catwalk to the shopping mall, from the big screen to the art museum, fashion plays an increasingly central role in contemporary culture. "Fashion Cultures" investigates why we are so fascinated by fashion and the associated spheres of photography, magazines and television, and shopping.... |
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This lively survey of 150 years of fashion covers everything from Haute Couture to the High Street, and developing fabric technology from silk to fleece. From Coco Chanel to Armani and Alexander McQueen, Breward explores fashion as a cultural phenomenon. Breward examines the glamorous world of... |
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The 1940sby: John Peacock
Fashion in the 1940s divides into two parts: pre and post New Look. The first period was dominated by World War II, when rationing affected the design of clothes for men and women. In 1947 Christian Dior's New Look brought a romantic revival: narrow, rounded shoulders, lightly padded hips and... |
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The 1950sby: John Peacock
The 1950s witnessed a new "doe-eyed" femininity in women's fashion. The clothes became more conventional, and women wore scarlet lips and fingernails. Dior's New Look influenced softer shoulders, corseted waists, and fuller longer skirts aided by petticoats. This book is part of a series charting... |
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A History of 20th Century Fashionby: Elizabeth Ewing
A History of 20th Century Fashion charts the early dominance of couture to the influences of street culture. The narrative is based on a firm understanding of social, economic and technical developments all over the world, and emphasizes the commercial organization of the industry, from designer... |
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Art and Fashionby: Florence Muller
Charts the history of the relationship between art and fashion, and shows how the fashion system itself, as well as the fields of advertising and marketing, have been influenced and changed by that relationship. |
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Glitz it Up: Customize Your Clothes with Beading, Trimming, Applique and Embroideryby: Petra Boase
Glitz It Up is packed with over 50 brilliant, easy and stylish ideas for personalizing your clothes - everything from edging a skirt or top with sequins, beads, ribbon, feathers and velvet to decorating clothes with embroidery or applique. Whether you want to give a new lease of life to a... |
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365 Style and Fashion Tips Menby: C. Piras
Clothes make the man. If you want to be successful, you must look the part. But how? Which shoes go with which suit? Is it OK to wear a patterned tie with patterned shirt? Are baseball caps cool or just embarrassing? Find out what suits you best and how to dress perfectly for every occasion. |
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Fashion as Communicationby: Malcolm Barnard
What kinds of things do fashion and clothing say about us? What does it mean to wear Gap or Gaultier, Milletts or Moschino? Are there any real differences between hip-hop style and punk anti-styles? In this fully revised and updated edition, Malcolm Barnard introduces fashion and clothing as ways... |
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Fashion Babylon
What is fashion? Who decides what is in? What is out? Why is it green one year, and blue the next? Why is one little black dress worth three thousand pounds and another thirty quid? Is the catwalk that catty? Is everyone high on drugs and full of champagne? What makes a supermodel so super? And a... |
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