Overview

Special Issue: Making an Appearance: Fashion, Dress and Consumption This special issue is built around themes arising from the Making an Appearance conference, Brisbane 2003. These themes, from which the essays are drawn, included new technology and fashion, Australian and New Zealand fashion, dress in film and television, masculinity, second hand clothing, wedding dresses, veiling, celebrity dressing, fashion and place, dress and youth, the fashion model, and challenges to traditional industry practice.

Full Product Details

Author:   Margaret Maynard ,  Jennifer Craik
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Berg Publishers
Volume:   v.8
Dimensions:   Width: 17.20cm , Height: 0.70cm , Length: 24.40cm
Weight:   0.268kg
ISBN:  

9781859738214

ISBN 10:   1859738214
Pages:   128
Publication Date:   01 November 2004
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Awaiting stock  

Table of Contents

Magic Fashion Elizabeth Wilson Dressed in History: Retro-Styles and the Construction of Authenticity in Youthculture Heike Jenss Disorder or Delight? Towards a New Account of the Fashion Model Body Angela Dwyer Celebrity Knitting and the Temporality of Postmodernity Wendy Parkins United Fashions: Making a Muslim Appearance in Finland Ritva Koskennurmi-Sivonen, Jaana Koivula and Seija Maijala Cyborgs, New Technology and the Body: The Changing Nature of Garment Anne Farren and Andrew Hutchison Cutting Edge Nostalgia: New Zealand Fashion Design for the New Millenium Maureen Molloy Book Review Fashion Leslie W. Rabine

Reviews

'Way deeper than your average issue of Vogue. Essential reading for students and fashion historians.' The Guardian 'A fine addition to academic institutions with cultural studies programs; essential for those with special collections in fashionand costume.' Library Journal 'Fashion Theory is both chic and serious - yes, and sexy, too. There is much here to interest students of art, history, design, cultural studies, sociology, art history and anthropology.' Times Higher Education Supplement 'Fascinating to serious fashion and anthropology students.' Time Out

'Way deeper than your average issue of Vogue. Essential reading for students and fashion historians.' The Guardian'A fine addition to academic institutions with cultural studies programs; essential for those with special collections in fashionand costume.' Library Journal'Fashion Theory is both chic and serious - yes, and sexy, too. There is much here to interest students of art, history, design, cultural studies, sociology, art history and anthropology.' Times Higher Education Supplement'Fascinating to serious fashion and anthropology students.' Time Out

Author Information

Margaret Maynard is Associate Professor at the School of English Media Studies and Art History, University of Queensland, Australia. Jennifer Craik is at Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia.

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