The history of modern fashion from 1850

Book 2015

This illustrated book looks at the history of fashion from 1850 to 2010. Taking a decade-by-decade approach, Daniel James Cole and Nancy Deihl explore the history of fashion as a lively and dynamic manifestation of 20th-century culture. Covering chronological changes in womenswear, menswear and childrenswear, the book looks at the dissemination of style and the mechanisms of change, at the relationship between fashion and the visual, applied and...

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ISBN:

9781780676036
1780676034

Description:

480 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 30 cm

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 468-473) and index

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

Control Number:

2378728

Other Authors:

Deihl, Nancy, author

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