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The London look: fashion from street to catwalk /

By: Contributor(s): 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
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • TT496.G72 L663 2004
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
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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.

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