The National Fabric - Fashion, Britishness, Globalization

Zusatztext 'The National Fabric' provides an important new approach to the analysis of fashion. ... This book will no doubt provide new ground for further interpretation and research into the geography of fashion. Informationen zum Autor Alison Goodrum is Lecturer in Fashion Theory in the department of Clothing Design and Technology at Manchester Metropolitan University! UK. Zusammenfassung Through an examination of iconic fashion companies Paul Smith and Mulberry, this work provides insights into the culture of contemporary fashion and the dilemmas of 'going global'. It argues that 'Britishness' is characterized less through a particular look than through its ambiguities. Inhaltsverzeichnis All Change Aboard the Fashion Express! Beyond the Big Hair: Geographies of Consumption! Globalization and Fashion A State of Disunion: Britishness and British Fashion Rising Sun! Setting Trends: Exporting British Fashion Chic Versus Geek: Locating Nation! Locating Taste Who Wears the Trousers? Fashion! Nation! Gender

Product details

• Authors: GOODRUM, Alison Goodrum
• Assisted by: Joanne B. Eicher (Editor)
• Publisher: Berg Publishers Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.09.2005
• EAN: 9781845201869
• ISBN: 978-1-84520-186-9
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 172 mm x 244 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Dress, Body, Culture (Hardcove; Dress, Body, Culture (Hardcove; Dress, Body, Culture
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Interior design, design; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, Fashion & society, Cultural studies: dress and society