Caroline Evans

Fashion and Modernity

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This book tests the very definition of modernity and enhances our understanding of the role of fashion in the modern world. From top hats to locomotives, dresses to retail outlets, fashion is a prism through which modernity reflects and refracts. Breward and Evans bring together an organic collaboration of voices on this subject. The collection ranges from such topics as James Morrison (1789-1857), the Napoleon of Shopkeepers; to dress in the Stuart era; The Mannequin Parade, 1900-1925; and clothing the London actress (1860-1914). From the relationship between clothing and forensic sciences, to the play of performance, parasexuality, and the… Mehr

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Breward, Christopher (Hrsg.)

ISBN: 978-1-84520-028-2
EAN: 9781845200282
Produktnummer: 33592697
Verlag: Bloomsbury 3PL
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2005
Seitenangabe: 213 S.
Masse: H23.4 cm x B15.7 cm x D1.2 cm 422 g
Gewicht: 422

Über den Autor

Christopher Breward is Deputy Director of Research at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. He is the author of Fashioning London and Fashion. Caroline Evans is a Reader in Fashion Studies at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design. She is the author of Fashion at the Edge: Spectacle, Modernity and Deathliness.