Fashion Today

Author: Colin McDowell

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Barcode 9780714838977
9780714838977

Description

From Dior's New Look to Belgian deconstructionism, and British eclecticism, fashion since 1947 has gone through an array of changes, Each chapter of this book deals with a particular aspect of fashion obsession, from elegance to fetishism, and from haute-couture to street-style.

Table of contents

New Look onwards; youth revolution; designer as superstar; modelling the image; the medium and the message; selling the dream; rediscovering elegance; lure of retro; ethnic influences; fantasy and role play; fetishism and the shaped body; foreseeing the future; fashion and protest.

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