Believing Identity
The Journal of Dress, Body and Culture
Published on 1. March 2006
Book
Paperback/Softback
288 pages
978-1-84520-275-0 (ISBN)
Description
Special Issue: Vogue fashion magazineThis special issue traces the evolution of the classic fashion magazine Vogue. Conekin and de la Haye have assembled a wide range of articles, from Vogue's debut and the Bloomsbury years through Lee Miller and World War II, to contemporary issues in the US, Italy, France, Britain, Japan and Russia.Fashion Theory takes as its starting point a definition of 'fashion' as the cultural construction of the embodied identity. It provides an international and interdisciplinary forum for the analysis of cultural phenomena ranging from foot binding to fashion advertising. All articles have solid theoretical underpinnings and are based on original research.Indexed by the IBSS (International Bibliography of Social Sciences); the DAAI (Design and Applied Arts Index); ARTbibliographies Modern; H.W. Wilson Art Index and H.W. Wilson Omnifile Index; the Anthropological Index Online (AIO) of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland; Sociological abstracts; ISI Web of Science/Arts & Humanities Citation Index and ISI Current Contents Connect/Arts & Humanities (THOMSON); and the MLA (Modern Language Association) Bibliography
Reviews / Votes
'Fashion Theory is needed to help students and professionals understand that fashion has meaning as well as form.' Vivienne Westwood'For those who dismiss fashion as frivolous, here's proof otherwise.' Harper's Bazaar'A fine addition to academic institutions with cultural studies programs; essential for those with special collections in fashion and costume.' Library Journal'Fashion Theory is both chic and serious - yes, and sexy, too. There is much here to interest students of art, history, design, cultural studies, sociology, art history and anthropology.' Times Higher Education Supplement'Way deeper than your average issue of Vogue. Essential reading for students and fashion historians.' The Guardian'Fascinating to serious fashion and anthropology students.' Time Out'Fashion Theory makes an important and valuable contribution. Berg are to be congratulated on having found a gap in the market that much needed filling ... Handsomely produced on quality pMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 244 mm
Width: 172 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
580 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84520-275-0 (9781845202750)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Dr Becky Conekin is Principal Lecturer and Senior Research Fellow at London College of Fashion. Amy de la Haye is Fashion Curator and Senior Research Fellow at London College of Fashion.
Content
* Introduction and Acknowledgements Becky Conekin and Amy de la Haye * Vogue's New World: American Fashionability and the Politics of Style Alison Matthews-David * A Vogue that Dare not Speak its Name: Sexual Subculture during the Editorship of Dorothy Todd, 1922-26 Christopher Reed * "We are fatally influenced by goods bought in 'Bond Street'": London, shopping and the fashionable geographies of 1930s Vogue. Bronwen Edwards * Lee Miller: Model, Photographer War Correspondent in Vogue, 1927-1953 Becky Conekin * Vogue and the VA Vitrine: An exploration of how British Vogue has responded to fashion exhibitions at the Victoria Albert Museum from 1971 to 2004, with specific reference to 'Fashion: an anthology by Cecil Beaton' and garments imprinted with wear. Amy de la Haye * 'Over to you': Writing Readers in the French Vogue. Agns Rocamora * In Russia, at Last and Forever : the first seven years of Russian Vogue Djurdja Bartlett * Glossy Words : an analysis of fashion writing in British Vogue Anna Konig * Elegance and Substance Travel East: Vogue Nippon Brian Moeran * Doppie Pagine; not spelling it out Judith Clark * Vogue Timelines Janine Button