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Title A cultural history of dress and fashion in the modern age / edited by Alexandra Palmer
Published London ; Oxford ; New York ; New Delhi ; Sydney : Bloomsbury Academic, 2017

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 270 pages) : illustrations
Series A cultural history of dress and fashion ; volume 6
Cultural history of dress and fashion ; v
Summary "Over the last century there has been a complete transformation of the fashion system. The unitary top-down fashion cycle has been replaced by the pulsations of multiple and simultaneous styles, while the speed of global production and circulation has become ever faster and more complex. Running in tandem, the development of artificial fibres has revolutionized the composition of clothing, and the increased focus on youth, sexuality, and the body has radically changed its design. From the 1920s flapper dress to debates over the burkini, fashion has continued to be deeply involved in society's larger issues. Drawing on a wealth of visual, textual and object sources and illustrated with 100 images, A Cultural History of Dress and Fashion in the Modern Age presents essays on textiles, production and distribution, the body, belief, gender and sexuality, status, ethnicity, and visual and literary representations to illustrate the diversity and cultural significance of dress and fashion in the period."--Bloomsbury Publishing
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 11, 2019)
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Subject Clothing and dress -- History -- 20th century
Clothing and dress -- History -- 21st century
Fashion -- History
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Technical & Manufacturing Industries & Trades.
Clothing and dress
Fashion
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
Author Palmer, Alexandra, 1957- editor.
Vincent, Susan, editor
ISBN 9781350114050
1350114057
9781350114067
1350114065
9781474206402
1474206409