Twentieth-century American fashion
Americans began the 20th century standing in Europe's sartorial shadow, yet ended by outfitting the world in blue jeans, T-shirts and trainers. How did this come about? This book considers how Americans went from imitating British and French fashion to developing their own sense of style
History
1 online resource (xiv, 264 pages) : illustrations, portraits
9781847882837, 1847882838
700005817
The Americanization of Fashion - Linda Welters, University of Rhode Island, and Patricia A. Cunningham, Ohio State University Fashion in the Gilded Age: A Profile of Newport's King Family - Rebecca J. Kelly, Preservation Society of Newport County, Rhode Island Dress and Culture in Greenwich Village - Deborah Saville, University of Rhode Island The Influence of American Jazz on Fashion - Susan L. Hannel, University of Rhode Island The Americanization of Fashion: Sportswear, the Movies and the 1930s - Patricia Campbell Warner, University of Massachusetts-Amherst Promoting American Designers, 1940-44: Building Our Own House - Sandra Stansbery Buckland, University of Akron The Onondaga Silk Company's 'American Artist Print Series' of 1947 - Amy Lund and Linda Welters, University of Rhode Island The Beat Generation: Subcultural Style - Linda Welters, University of Rhode Island Space Age Fashion - Suzanne Baldaia, Johnson Wales University in Providence, Rhode Island Dressing for Success: The Re-Suiting of Corporate America in the 1970s - Patricia A. Cunningham, Ohio State University Television and Fashion in the 1980s - Patricia A. Cunningham, Ohio State University, Heather Mangine and Andrew Reilly, Northern Illinois University Flava in Ya Gear: Transgressive Politics and the Influence of Hip-Hop on Contemporary Fashion - Robin M. Chandler, Northeastern University, Boston, and Nuri Chandler-Smith, Executive Director of Blackout Boston