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History of Modern Fashion
Daniel James Cole
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Description for History of Modern Fashion
Hardback. Looking at the history of fashion, this book explores the history of fashion as a lively and dynamic manifestation of twentieth-century culture. Covering chronological changes in womenswear, menswear and childrenswear, it looks at the dissemination of style and the mechanisms of change, at the relationship between fashion and more. Num Pages: 480 pages, 600 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AKTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 304 x 39. Weight in Grams: 2436.
This exciting book explores fashion not simply from an aesthetic point of view but also as a manifestation of social and cultural change. Focusing on fashion from 1850, noted fashion historians Daniel James Cole and Nancy Deihl consider the evolution of womenswear, menswear and childrenswear, decade by decade. The book looks at the dissemination of style and the mechanisms of change, at the relationship between fashion and the visual, applied and performing arts, the intertwined relationship between fashion and popular culture, the impact of new materials and technology and the growing globalization of style. ... Read more
This exciting book explores fashion not simply from an aesthetic point of view but also as a manifestation of social and cultural change. Focusing on fashion from 1850, noted fashion historians Daniel James Cole and Nancy Deihl consider the evolution of womenswear, menswear and childrenswear, decade by decade. The book looks at the dissemination of style and the mechanisms of change, at the relationship between fashion and the visual, applied and performing arts, the intertwined relationship between fashion and popular culture, the impact of new materials and technology and the growing globalization of style. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Laurence King Publishing
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
480
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781780676036
SKU
V9781780676036
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Ref
99-99
About Daniel James Cole
Daniel James Cole teaches the History of Fashion at New York University and the Fashion Institute of Technology. He is also a freelance costume designer with stage, television and film credits. Nancy Deihl, the Director of the graduate program in Costume Studies at New York University, specializes in the history of fashion and textiles from the ... Read more
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