Vintage T-shirts pays homage to obsessional love of tees in all their guises - and the nostalgic memories they revive. This book takes a journey through the worlds of music, television, film, advertising, skate and surf, entertainment and various aspects of popular culture that make this item of clothing such a longlasting and covetable staple.
This book lists 100 famous musicals categorized by costume styles. Applying the book's crossover system, costumes from one show can be altered for any other show in the same category.
Over the past three centuries, London has established itself as one of the world's most inventive fashion capitals. 'Fashioning London' looks at the manner in which particular styles of dress became associated with this leading international city.
Yuniya Kawamura provides a concise and much-needed introduction to the sociology of fashion. She argues that clothing is a tangible material product whereas fashion is a symbolic cultural product. She also debunks the myth of 'the genius designer' explaining that fashion is not about clothes but is a belief.
Provides a definition of 'fashion' as the cultural construction of the embodied identity. This work provides an international and interdisciplinary forum for the analysis of cultural phenomena ranging from foot binding to fashion advertising.
A discussion of the development of the Italian fashion industry. Drawing on a wide range of sources, notably the testimonies of key witnesses, contemporary media reports and surviving garments, the volume specifically exposes the depth of American involvement in Italian fashion.
Changing trends in fashion have always reflected large-scale social and cultural changes. This title presents a multi-disciplinary approach to examining fashion change, bringing together theory from fashion studies, cultural studies, sociology, psychology and art history, amongst others. It is intended for the undergraduate student of fashion.
Corsets, and the corseted body, have been fetishized, mythologized, romanticized. This Victorian icon has inspired debate that is unrivalled by any other article of clothing. This book examines the role of corsetry in the minds and lives of Victorian women.
Asian fashion has become a global phenomenon of economic, political and social import. But the industry in Asia remains characterized by the gap between traditional centres of fashion and the marginalized periphery. This book explores Asian fashion in a global economic and cultural context.