20th Century Fashion

by de la Haye, Amy; Mendes, Valerie

• ISBN13: 9780500203217
• ISBN10: 0500203210
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-11-17
• Publisher: Thames & Hudson

Summary

Written by two experts in costume from the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, it explores movements and innovations in style for both men and women through the work of the most original and influential designers and couturiers. Organized around crucial shifts in style and major world events, the book places exciting, even revolutionary, developments in fashion within their socioeconomic, political, and cultural contexts. International in scope, it encompasses the century's most important designers and metropolitan fashion centers, including developments in accessories, hairstyles, and make-up. The importance of mass production, advances in man-made fibers, the growth of ready-to-wear, and the major influences of postwar subcultures on contemporary fashion are also discussed. A reference section includes an extensive bibliography and a glossary of designers.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. 6
1900-1913: Undulations and Exotica	p. 10
1914-1929: La Garconne and the New Simplicity	p. 48
1930-1938: Recession and Escapism	p. 76
1939-1945: Rationed Fashion and Home-Made Style	p. 104
1946-1956: Femininity and Conformity	p. 126
1957-1967: Affluence and the Teenage Challenge	p. 158
1968-1975: Eclecticism and Ecology	p. 192
1976-1988: Sedition and Consumerism	p. 220
1989-1999: Fashion Goes Global	p. 252
Bibliography	p. 274
Sources of illustrations	p. 282
Acknowledgments	p. 282
Reference index	p. 283
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