Fashion History Reader

• Utgivningsdatum: 2010-04-26
• Mått: 174 x 246 x 31 mm
• Vikt: 1 260 g
• Format: Inbunden
• Språk: Engelska
• Antal sidor: 592
• Förlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• ISBN: 9780415493239

• Kulturvetenskap
• Modedesign och textilformgivning
• Konsthistoria

Giorgio Riello is Associate Professor in Global History and Culture at the University of Warwick. He has written extensively on early modern textiles, dress and fashion, and material culture in Europe and Asia. He is the author of A Foot in the Past: Consumers, Producers and Footwear in the Long Eighteenth Century (2006) and has co-edited four volumes including (with Peter McNeil), Shoes: A History from Sandals to Sneakers (2006). Giorgio is currently writing a monograph entitled Global Cotton: Asia and the Making of Europe, 1200-1850Peter McNeil is Professor of Design History at the University of Technology Sydney and Professor of Fashion Studies at Stockholm University. His anthology Shoes: A History from Sandals to Sneakers (with co-editor Dr G Riello) has been acclaimed by The Observer as ‘an exceptionally beautiful and wide-ranging history of footwear.' His recent publications include Fashion: Critical and Primary Sources from the Renaissance to Today (4 volumes) and the co-edited The Men’s Fashion Reader and Fashion in Fiction.

'Riello and McNeil's new collection of essays represents an immense and impressive project.' - Choice'anybody interested in learning how fashion grew from its medieval antecedents into its modern manifestations, how and why people invest it with meaning, and how it operates will be well-advised to use this book as a source. An excellent resource for college and university fashion collections.' - Choice'Now, the key contributions from nearly every expert in the field are assembled in one fascinating book. This kaleidoscopic and informative volume ranges impressively across conventional boundaries of chronology, geography, and discipline.' – Glenn Adamson, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK'Breaking down barriers, in this book you will discover how fashion has always been a global phenomenon.' – Margaretha van den Bosch, Head of Design at H&M'This book is indispensable for anyone interested in fashion. History has never been more alive than in the pages of this Reader.' – Patrizia Calefato, University of Bari, Italy'Riello and McNeil's new collection of essays represents an immense and impressive project.' – R. A. Standish, San Joaquin Delta College, Choice Review'anybody interested in learning how fashion grew from its medieval antecedents into its modern manifestations, how and why people invest it with meaning, and how it operates will be well-advised to use this book as a source. An excellent resource for college and university fashion collections.' – R. A. Standish, San Joaquin Delta College, Choice Review

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