Read Anywhere and on Any Device!

Subscribe to Read | $0.00

Join today and start reading your favorite books for Free!

Create Free Account

A Cultural History of Western Fashion: From Haute Couture to Virtual Couture

0/5 ( ratings)

Just as the clothes we wear can communicate our personality and how we want to be perceived, so fashion can reflect the politics and preoccupations of the society that produced it.

A Cultural History of Western Fashion guides you through the relationships between haute couture and ready-to-wear designer fashions, popular culture, big business, high-tech production, as well as traditional and social media. Exploring fashion's interdisciplinary nature, English and Munroe also highlight the parallel evolution of clothing design and the other visual arts over the last 150 years.

This new edition includes expanded coverage of the build up to the First World War and brings this classic text up to date. There is also a new chapter on smart textiles and technology, exploring the work of Hussein Chalayan and Iris Van Herpen among others, and expanded coverage of the role of sustainability in the contemporary fashion industry, including biosynthetic textile production and Stella McCartney's use of vegan leather.

Pages: 296

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Bloomsbury Visual Arts

Release: April 28, 2022

ISBN: 1350150886

ISBN 13: 9781350150881

A Cultural History of Western Fashion: From Haute Couture to Virtual Couture

0/5 ( ratings)

Just as the clothes we wear can communicate our personality and how we want to be perceived, so fashion can reflect the politics and preoccupations of the society that produced it.

A Cultural History of Western Fashion guides you through the relationships between haute couture and ready-to-wear designer fashions, popular culture, big business, high-tech production, as well as traditional and social media. Exploring fashion's interdisciplinary nature, English and Munroe also highlight the parallel evolution of clothing design and the other visual arts over the last 150 years.

This new edition includes expanded coverage of the build up to the First World War and brings this classic text up to date. There is also a new chapter on smart textiles and technology, exploring the work of Hussein Chalayan and Iris Van Herpen among others, and expanded coverage of the role of sustainability in the contemporary fashion industry, including biosynthetic textile production and Stella McCartney's use of vegan leather.

Pages: 296

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Bloomsbury Visual Arts

Release: April 28, 2022

ISBN: 1350150886

ISBN 13: 9781350150881

More books from Bonnie English

Japanese Fashion Designers: The Work and Influence of Issey Miyake, Yohji Yamamoto and Rei Kawakubo

4.3/5 ( ratings)

Fashion: The 50 Most Influential Fashion Designers of All Time

3.4/5 ( ratings)

A Cultural History of Fashion in the Twentieth Century: From the Catwalk to the Sidewalk

3.8/5 ( ratings)

A Cultural History of Fashion in the 20th and 21st Centuries: From Catwalk to Sidewalk

3.8/5 ( ratings)

The Little Book of Big Ideas Fashion

4.5/5 ( ratings)

Australian Fashion Unstitched

4.5/5 ( ratings)

Rate this book!

Write a review?