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Genre/Form: | History |
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Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Daniel James Cole; Nancy Deihl |
ISBN: | 1780676034 9781780676036 |
OCLC Number: | 900012311 |
Description: | 480 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 30 cm |
Contents: | 1850-1890: the dawn of modern clothing -- The 1890s: extremes of the Gilded Age -- The 1900s: a new century -- The 1910s: exotic fantasy, wartime reality -- The 1920s: les années folles -- The 1930s: aspirations of glamour -- The 1940s: war and recovery -- The 1950s: couture opulence, suburban style -- The 1960s: fashion for the future -- The 1970s: revivals and individuality -- The 1980s: power dressing and postmodernism -- The 1990s: subcultures and supermodels -- The 2000s: mixed messages. |
Responsibility: | Daniel James Cole and Nancy Deihl. |
Abstract:
Looking at the history of fashion, this book explores the history of fashion as a lively and dynamic manifestation of twentieth-century culture. Covering chronological changes in womenswear, menswear and childrenswear, it looks at the dissemination of style and the mechanisms of change, at the relationship between fashion and more.
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