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Fifty years of fashion new look to now Valerie Steele photographs from the Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, by Irving Solero
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TextPublication details: New Haven Yale University Press c1997Description: vii, 167 p. ill. (some col.) 29 cmISBN: - 0300071329
- 391 STE
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard Loan | LSAD Library Main Collection | 391 STE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 39002000270695 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
From haute couture to hot pants, from glamour to grunge, the past 50 years have witnessed some revolutions in fashion. This survey of postwar fashion not only describes the great designers and their creations but also places trends in clothing within their social and cultural contexts.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 163-164) and index
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Foreword (p. vi)
- Acknowledgments (p. vii)
- 1 The New Look: Fashion after the War (p. 1)
- 2 Couture and Conformity: The 1950s (p. 17)
- 3 Youthquake: The 1960s (p. 49)
- 4 Anti-Fashion: The 1970s (p. 79)
- 5 Excess: The 1980s (p. 109)
- 6 Fin de siecle: The 1990s (p. 143)
- Select Bibliography (p. 164)
- Index (p. 166)
Author notes provided by Syndetics
Valerie Steele is chief curator and acting director, The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology, State University of New York. She is founder and editor of Fashion Theory: The Journal of Dress, Body and Culture.(Bowker Author Biography)