Changing Fashion : A Critical Introduction to Trend Analysis and Cultural Meaning

Lynch, Annette; Strauss, Mitchell D.

ISBN 10: 1845203895 / ISBN 13: 9781845203894

Published by Berg Publishers, 2007

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Changing Fashion : A Critical Introduction to Trend Analysis and Cultural Meaning
• Publisher: Berg Publishers
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1845203895
• ISBN 13: 9781845203894
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Changing trends in fashion have always reflected large-scale social and cultural changes. Changing Fashion presents for the first time a multi-disciplinary approach to examining fashion change, bringing together theory from fashion studies, cultural studies, sociology, psychology and art history, amongst others. Ideal for the undergraduate student of fashion and cultural studies, the book has a wide range of contemporary and historical case material which provides practical examples of trend analysis and change, from the art deco textile designs of Sonia Delaunay to the chameleonic shifts in Bob Dylan's appearance over time. Key issues in fashion and identity, such as race, gender and consumption are examined from different disciplinary angles to provide a critical overview of the field. Changing Fashion provides a concise guide to the main theories across disciplines that explain how and why media, clothing styles, and cultural practices fall in and out of fashion.

About the Authors

Annette Lynch is the Director of the School of Applied Human Sciences at the University of Northern Iowa. She is the founding director of the UNI Center for Violence Prevention.

Mitchell Strauss is Professor of Textiles and Apparel at the University of Northern Iowa.

Joanne B. Eicher is Regents Professor Emerita at the University of Minnesota. Joanne is Editor-in-Chief, Encyclopedia of Dress and Fashion (Bloomsbury and OUP); Series Editor, Dress, Body, Culture (Bloomsbury) and Dress and Fashion Research (Bloomsbury); Editor, Global Trade and Cultural Authentication: The Kalabari of the Niger Delta; and Co-Author, The Visible Self, (Fairchild); Dress and Gender (Berg); Dress and Ethnicity (Berg); Beads and Beadmakers (Berg); Mother, Daughter, Sister, Bride (National Geographic); and a wide variety of published articles in professional journals and chapters in books.