Reconstructing Italian Fashion - America and the Development of the Italian Fashion Industry

Zusatztext 'This pioneering work analyzes the Italian fashion industry's evolution and emergence as a global force ... White insightfully reveals many interwoven components of this development ... Sixty illustrations! footnotes! and a bibliography including primary-source files of Italian designer houses provide valuable documentation.'Choice'This short! clever book breaks new ground. It is commonly assumed that Italian fashion arises out of a peculiar national quest for beauty and an obsession with personal appearances ... It is Nicola White's central thesis that the United States contributed decisively to the growth and development of the Italian fashion industry.'Modern Italy'This book will appeal to fashion historians! with its wealth of detail and photographs.'History'A thought-provoking study ... through her in-depth analysis of the birth of the Italian fashion industry during the Cold War period (1945-1965) she sheds light on a very complex phase of Italian political! cultural an Informationen zum Autor Nicola White Acting Head of Department!Central St Martins College Zusammenfassung A discussion of the development of the Italian fashion industry. Drawing on a wide range of sources, notably the testimonies of key witnesses, contemporary media reports and surviving garments, the volume specifically exposes the depth of American involvement in Italian fashion.

Product details

• Authors: Nicola White
• Assisted by: Joanne B. Eicher (Editor)
• Publisher: Berg Publishers Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.06.2000
• EAN: 9781859733417
• ISBN: 978-1-85973-341-7
• No. of pages: 224
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 12 mm
• Series: Dress, Body, Culture (Paperbac; Dress, Body, Culture (Paperbac; Dress, Body, Culture
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Cultural history; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Individual industrial sectors, branches; HISTORY / General, DESIGN / Fashion & Accessories, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Manufacturing, Italy, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Fashion & society, History: specific events and topics, Fashion and textile design, Manufacturing industries