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Americans began the twentieth century standing in Europe's sartorial shadow, yet ended by outfitting the world in blue jeans, T-shirts and sneakers. How did this come about? What changes in American culture were reflected in fashion? What role did popular culture play? This important overview of American fashion in the twentieth century considers how Americans went from imitating British and French fashion to developing their own sense of style. It examines such influences on dress as class, jazz and hip hop, war, the space race, movies, television and sports. Further, the book shows how gender, psychology, advertising, public policy, shifting family values, the American design movement and expertise in mass production profoundly influenced an American style that has been exported across the globe. From New York City's Bohemians to Hollywood's stars, Twentieth-Century American Fashion reveals the continuing importance of clothing to American identity and individual experience.
Table of Contents
Fashion in the Gilded Age: A Profile of Newport's King Family - Rebecca J. Kelly, Preservation Society of Newport County, Rhode Island
Dress and Culture in Greenwich Village - Deborah Saville, University of Rhode Island
The Influence of American Jazz on Fashion - Susan L. Hannel, University of Rhode Island
The Americanization of Fashion: Sportswear, the Movies and the 1930s - Patricia Campbell Warner, University of Massachusetts-Amherst
Promoting American Designers, 1940-44: Building Our Own House - Sandra Stansbery Buckland, University of Akron
The Onondaga Silk Company's 'American Artist Print Series' of 1947 - Amy Lund and Linda Welters, University of Rhode Island
The Beat Generation: Subcultural Style - Linda Welters, University of Rhode Island
Space Age Fashion - Suzanne Baldaia, Johnson Wales University in Providence, Rhode Island
Dressing for Success: The Re-Suiting of Corporate America in the 1970s - Patricia A. Cunningham, Ohio State University
Television and Fashion in the 1980s - Patricia A. Cunningham, Ohio State University, Heather Mangine and Andrew Reilly, Northern Illinois University
Flava in Ya Gear: Transgressive Politics and the Influence of Hip-Hop on Contemporary Fashion - Robin M. Chandler, Northeastern University, Boston, and Nuri Chandler-Smith, Executive Director of Blackout Boston
Product details
| Published | 01 Mar 2005 |
|---|---|
| Format | Hardback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 288 |
| ISBN | 9781845200725 |
| Imprint | Berg Publishers |
| Illustrations | 50 b&w illustrations, bibliography, index |
| Dimensions | 234 x 156 mm |
| Series | Dress, Body, Culture |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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