| Description |
1 online resource (271 pages) |
| Series |
Dress, Body, Culture |
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Dress, body, culture.
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| Contents |
Figures; Notes on Contributors; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part 1 Historical Perspectives; Introduction; 1 The Florentine 'Rigattieri': Second Hand Clothing Dealers and the Circulation of Goods in the Renaissance; 2 Shifting Currency: The Culture and Economy of the Second Hand Trade in England, c. 1600-1850; 3 Cast-Offs: Civilization, Charity or Commerce? Aspects of Second Hand Clothing Use in Australia, 1788-1900; 4 Second Hand Silk Kimono Migrating Across Borders; 5 Parcels from America: American Clothes in Ireland c. 1930-1980; Part 2 Trading Cultures; Introduction |
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6 Crafting Appearances: The Second Hand Clothing Trade and Dress Practices in Zambia7 Creative Entrepreneurs: The Recycling of Second Hand Indian Clothing; 8 'Ukay-Ukay' Chic: Tales of Second Hand Clothing Fashion and Trade in the Philippine Cordillera; 9 Second Hand Fashion, Culture and Identity in Hong Kong; Part 3 Contemporary Refashioning; Introduction; 10 Sixties Dress Only! The Consumption of the Past in a Retro Scene; 11 Vintage Whores and Vintage Virgins: Second Hand Fashion in the Twenty-first Century; 12 Working the Edge: XULY. Bët's Recycled Clothing; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
The history, global trade and the current western revival of interest in used garments as a new form of fashion consciousness are the background to this book on the use of second-hand dress and age-old traditions of recycling fashion |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Used clothing industry -- History
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Secondhand trade.
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Clothing and dress -- Remaking.
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Vintage clothing.
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Fashion.
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Clothing and dress -- Remaking
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Fashion
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Secondhand trade
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Used clothing industry
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Vintage clothing
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Clark, Hazel
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| ISBN |
9781845208646 |
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1845208641 |
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184788881X |
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9781847888815 |
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