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Fashion /

By: Series: Oxford history of artPublication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©2003.Description: 272 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0192840304
  • 9780192840301
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • TT518 .B77 2003
Contents:
The rise of the designer -- Making clothes -- Innovating change -- The promotion of fashion -- Disseminating desire -- Fashion on the page -- Fashion and film -- Shopping for style -- The wearing of fashion -- Style and modernity -- Fashion capitals -- Fashion and identity.
Review: "This provocative new survey of the past 150 years of Fashion covers everything from Haute Couture to the High Street, from Coco Chanel to Alexander McQueen. Christopher Breward explores fashion as a significant cultural force, examining the glamorous world of Vogue and advertising, the relationship between fashion and art, and fashion as a global enterprise." "Venturing beneath the surface, Breward considers how our ideas about hygiene and comfort have influenced the direction of style, and how important dress is in forming our identity and status - from Flapper to New Look, Dandy to Punk."--Jacket.
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Book Book Whitecliffe Library General Shelves General TT 518 BRE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 0006181

Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-253) and index.

The rise of the designer -- Making clothes -- Innovating change -- The promotion of fashion -- Disseminating desire -- Fashion on the page -- Fashion and film -- Shopping for style -- The wearing of fashion -- Style and modernity -- Fashion capitals -- Fashion and identity.

"This provocative new survey of the past 150 years of Fashion covers everything from Haute Couture to the High Street, from Coco Chanel to Alexander McQueen. Christopher Breward explores fashion as a significant cultural force, examining the glamorous world of Vogue and advertising, the relationship between fashion and art, and fashion as a global enterprise." "Venturing beneath the surface, Breward considers how our ideas about hygiene and comfort have influenced the direction of style, and how important dress is in forming our identity and status - from Flapper to New Look, Dandy to Punk."--Jacket.

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