Text| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard Loan | LSAD Library Main Collection | 746.9 DEN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 39002100304014 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Now republished in a smaller and more affordable format, Denim is a pictorialxploration of the rich history and culture of the fabric that has become aniversal talisman of youth and modernity. It tells how the first pair ofeans came about and documents the material's rise from humble beginnings asorkwear in 19th-century America, through its love affair with 1940sollywood and its adoption by a rebellious generation of teenagers in the950s, right up to its emergence as a high-fashion fabric in the 1990s. Theuthors have dug deep into the archives to unearth many rare, previouslynpublished pictures ranging from archive photographs from the early dayshen brands such as Levi's Lee and Wrangler were first establishinghemselves to portraits displaying the gritty glamour of denim-clad iconsuch as Robert Mitchum, Marilyn Monroe and Chet Baker. Other images reflectenim's role in sub-cultures such as 1950s motorcycle gangs, the London's Modcene of the mid-60s and pop music of the Woodstock era.;For this new editionhe final chapter has been updated to take account of the latest fashion
Originally published: 2002.
Includes index.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Introduction (p. 4)
- A Riveting Tale: When Jacob met Levi - and created a legend (p. 6)
- Let's Go To Work: Overalls, workwear and two-dog labels (p. 24)
- Home On The Range: The denim industry and the American cowboy (p. 40)
- From Wartime To Playtime: The uniform of war and peace (p. 58)
- What've You Got? Rebels, rockabillies and other menaces to society (p. 66)
- Intellectuals With Attitude: Denim and the counterculture (p. 80)
- Indigo Girls: The fabric of fashion (p. 96)
- The Cat's Whiskers: Stonewashed, sandpapered and distressed (p. 114)
- Denim Details And Glossary (p. 120)
- Index (p. 127)
Author notes provided by Syndetics
Graham Marsh is a graphic designer who has already collaborated with Tony Nourmand on Film Posters of the 50s, the 60s, the 70s as well as Hitchcock Poster Art.(Bowker Author Biography)