The London look: fashion from street to catwalk /
Publication details: New Haven : Yale University Press in association with the Museum of London, ©2004.Description: 174 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 30 cmISBN:- 0300103999
- 9780300103991
- 090481887X
- 9780904818871
- TT496.G72 L663 2004
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Book | Whitecliffe Library General Shelves | General | TT 496 BRE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 0006576 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-169) and index.
Introduction / Christopher Breward -- Gentlefolk in town: 1800-30 / Christopher Breward -- Clothing a world city: 1830-60 / Edwina Ehrman -- Fashion in the age of imperialism: 1860-90 / Christopher Breward -- Popular dressing: 1890-1914 / Christopher Breward -- Glamorous modernity: 1914-30 / Edwina Ehrman -- Broken traditions: 1930-55 / Edwina Ehrman -- Post-war poses: 1955-75 / Caroline Evans -- Cultural capital: 1976-2000 / Caroline Evans -- Postscript: beyond 2000 / Caroline Evans.
Focusing on the design, production, marketing & consumption of clothing in the 20th century, the authors place these activities in the context of social, cultural & economic change in London. They move chronologically, from the rise of the West End as a centre of fashionable life to the punk era.