Fetish Style
1st Edition
Published on 6. June 2013
176 pages
978-0-85785-809-2 (ISBN)
Description
Fetish Style traces the history, forms and tendencies of sub-cultural fashions that are popular in both mainstream and alternative fashion cultures.
Presenting the world of subcultural fetish clothing design in all of its richness and beauty, this book explores the idea of fetish as subversive and repressive as reflected in clothing choices in people of all ages and cultures. Linking the fetishistic aspects of contemporary culture with everyday clothing as dictated by fashion and merchandizing, Fetish Style presents a fascinating study of historical as well as 21st century subcultures. Case studies include the Japanese-influenced 'tribes' of the various Lolita formations, the Shotaru (male Lolita), the club scene, the Goths, the hip-hop fashions and other locally-formed fetishized practices.
Fetish Style will be key reading for anyone interested in fetish fashion both past and present.
Presenting the world of subcultural fetish clothing design in all of its richness and beauty, this book explores the idea of fetish as subversive and repressive as reflected in clothing choices in people of all ages and cultures. Linking the fetishistic aspects of contemporary culture with everyday clothing as dictated by fashion and merchandizing, Fetish Style presents a fascinating study of historical as well as 21st century subcultures. Case studies include the Japanese-influenced 'tribes' of the various Lolita formations, the Shotaru (male Lolita), the club scene, the Goths, the hip-hop fashions and other locally-formed fetishized practices.
Fetish Style will be key reading for anyone interested in fetish fashion both past and present.
More details
Series
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
29 bw illus
ISBN-13
978-0-85785-809-2 (9780857858092)
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Person
Frenchy Lunning is Professor of Design History and Liberal Arts at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, USA.
Content
Introduction: The Couture of Desire
Fetish Style History
Fetish Identity
Fetish Style: Fetish as Fashion
Fetish Style: Fashion as Fetish
The Future of Fetish Style
Further Readings
Index
Fetish Style History
Fetish Identity
Fetish Style: Fetish as Fashion
Fetish Style: Fashion as Fetish
The Future of Fetish Style
Further Readings
Index
