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“ingrid loschek”

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  • When Clothes Become Fashion

    Design and Innovation Systems

    by Ingrid Loschek ...
    When, how and why do clothes become fashion? Fashion is more than mere clothing. It is a moment of invention, a distillation of desire, a reflection of a zeitgeist. It is also a business relying on an intricate network of manufacture, marketing and retail. Fashion is both medium and message but it does not explain itself. It requires language and images for its global mediation. It develops from ... Read more

    $36.49 USD

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  • The Dictionary of Fashion History

    by C. W. Cunnington, P. E. Cunnington, Ms Valerie Cumming ...
    - What is an earthquake gown?- Who wore eelskin masher trousers?- What did the word "dudes" mean in the 16th century?A Dictionary of English Costume by C. Willett Cunnington, Phillis Cunnington and Charles Beard was originally published in 1960. A monumental achievement and encyclopaedic in scope, it was a comprehensive catalogue of fashion terms from the mid-medieval period up to 1900. It was ... Read more

    $121.49 USD

  • Avedon

    Something Personal

    by Norma Stevens, Steven M. L. Aronson ...
    An intimate biography of Richard Avedon, the legendary fashion and portrait photographer who “helped define America’s image of style, beauty and culture” (The New York Times), by his longtime collaborator and business partner Norma Stevens and award-winning author Steven M. L. Aronson.Richard Avedon was arguably the world’s most famous photographer—as artistically influential as he was ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

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  • The Social Life of Kimono

    Japanese Fashion Past and Present

    by Sheila Cliffe ...
    Series series Dress, Body, Culture
    The kimono is an iconic garment with a history as rich and colourful as the textiles from which it is crafted. Deeply associated with Japanese culture both past and present, it has often been thought of as a highly gendered, rigidly traditional and unchanging national costume. This book challenges that perception, revealing the nuanced meanings and messages behind the kimono from the point of view ... Read more

    $29.99 USD

  • Japanese Fashion Designers

    The Work and Influence of Issey Miyake, Yohji Yamamotom, and Rei Kawakubo

    by Professor Bonnie English ...
    Over the past 40 years, Japanese designers have led the way in aligning fashion with art and ideology, as well as addressing identity and social politics through dress. They have demonstrated that both creative and commercial enterprise is possible in today's international fashion industry, and have refused to compromise their ideals, remaining autonomous and independent in their design, business ... Read more

    $36.49 USD

  • The Swimsuit

    Fashion from Poolside to Catwalk

    by Christine Schmidt ...
    The Swimsuit: Fashion from Poolside to Catwalk documents the modern swimsuit's trajectory from men's underwear and circus/performance wear to its unique niche in world fashion. It emphasizes the relationship between fashion, media, celebrity, sport and the cultivation of the modern body.This fascinating book provides an historical, sociological and cultural context in which to view how the ... Read more

    $36.49 USD

  • The Chinese Fashion Industry

    An Ethnographic Approach

    by Jianhua Zhao ...
    Series series Dress, Body, Culture
    Less than three decades ago, when the Chinese bought cloth or clothes, they would have had to use a government-issued coupon. Today the Chinese fashion industry is one of the most dynamic in the world - it not only supplies fashions to the increasingly discerning domestic market, but also provides one-third of the clothing sold in the global market. How did this phenomenal transition come about? ... Read more

    $121.49 USD

  • Changing Fashion

    A Critical Introduction to Trend Analysis and Meaning

    by Annette Lynch, Mitchell Strauss ...
    Series series Dress, Body, Culture
    Changing trends in fashion have always reflected large-scale social and cultural changes. Changing Fashion presents for the first time a multi-disciplinary approach to examining fashion change, bringing together theory from fashion studies, cultural studies, sociology, psychology and art history, amongst others.Ideal for the undergraduate student of fashion and cultural studies, the book has a ... Read more

    $33.19 USD

  • Japanese Fashion Cultures

    Dress and Gender in Contemporary Japan

    by Masafumi Monden ...
    Series series Dress, Body, Culture
    From Rococo to Edwardian fashions, Japanese street style has reinvented many western dress styles, reinterpreting and altering their meanings and messages in a different cultural and historical context. This wide ranging and original study reveals the complex exchange of styles and what they represent in Japan and beyond, contesting common perceptions of gender in Japanese dress and the notion ... Read more

    $30.79 USD

  • The Religious Philosophy of Simone Weil

    An Introduction

    by Lissa McCullough ...
    The French philosopher Simone Weil (1909-1943), a contemporary of Simone de Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre, remains in every way a thinker for our times. She was an outsider, in multiple senses, defying the usual religious categories: at once atheistic and religious; mystic and realist; sceptic and believer. She speaks therefore to the complex sensibilities of a rationalist age. Yet despite her ... Read more

    $28.19 USD

  • Edwardian Ladies' Hat Fashions

    Where Did You Get That Hat?

    by Peter Kimpton ...
    Based upon the authors large personal collection of beautiful fashion postcards from Edwardian times, this book takes the reader on a journey through that era covering the hat fashions and social changes of the day. Delve further into the carnage that took place around the world, in which unscrupulous and money grabbing individuals from the Northumbrian coast in England to the Everglades in ... Read more

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  • Niche Fashion Magazines

    Changing the Shape of Fashion

    by Ane Lynge-Jorlen ...
    Series series Dress Cultures
    Niche fashion magazines speak to a highly fashion literate readership and mix the codes of style magazines, glossy women's magazines and art catalogues. They are often produced and read by people engaged in the business of creating fashion taste. Through this business-to-business practice, the niche magazine genre is powerful in shaping the face of fashion. Based on unique analysis of niche ... Read more

    $141.79 USD