Fashion Media

Djurdja Bartlett is Senior Research Fellow at London College of Fashion, University of the Arts London, UK. Shaun Cole is Associate Professor in Fashion at Winchester School of Art, UK. Agnès Rocamora is Reader in Social and Cultural Studies at the London College of Fashion, University of the Arts London, UK.

Fashion Media is a thought-provoking collection of essays written by international scholars that re-evaluate and question the value, application and message of past and present fashion media ... With the world of fashion and its associated media undergoing colourful metamorphosis and its agents of change engineering a volatile creative environment, Fashion Media is a valuable contribution to this dynamic dialogue.

• Introduction: Djurdja Bartlett, Shaun Cole and Agnès Rocamora Section 1: MagazinesChapter 1. Taste, Fashion and the French Fashion Magazine. Sanda Miller, Southampton Solent University, UKChapter 2. Fun with Pins and Rope: How Caroline Baker Styled the Seventies. Alice Beard, Kingston University, UKChapter 3. ‘To the Ends of the Earth’: Fashion and Ethnicity in the Vogue fashion shoot. Sarah Cheang, Royal College of Art, UKChapter 4. Coco Chanel and Socialist Fashion Magazines. Djurdja Bartlett, London College of Fashion, University of the Arts London, UKChapter 5. Advertising Men’s Underwear. Shaun Cole, London College of Fashion, University of the Arts London, UKSection 2 Painting, Photography and FilmChapter 6. Fashion and the Law: The Muslim Headscarf and the Modern Woman. Barbara Vinken, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany Chapter 7. Fashion, Media and Gender in Christian Schad's Portraiture of the 1920s. Änne Söll, University of Potsdam, GermanyChapter 8. Caught On Camera: The Fashioned Body and the Criminal Body. Nilgin Yusuf, London College of Fashion, University of the Arts London, UKChapter 9. Guerrilla Media: Towards a Media Theory of Fashion. Friedrich Weltzien, University of Potsdam, Germany Chapter 10. The Fashion-Film Effect. Marketa Uhlirova, Central St Martins, University of the Arts, London, UKSection 3 New MediaChapter 11. Fashion Modeling, Blink Technologies, and New Imaging Regimes. Elizabeth Wissinger, BMCC, City University of New York, USAChapter 12. Fashion Films, Blogs and E-Commerce: The Puzzle of Fashion Distinction in China. Simona Segre Reinach, University of Bologna, ItalyChapter 13. How new are new media? The Case of Fashion Blogs. Agnès Rocamora, London College of Fashion, University of the Arts London, UK Chapter 14. The Modest Fashion Blogosphere: Establishing Reputation, Maintaining Independence. Reina Lewis, London College of Fashion, University of the Arts London, UK Chapter 15. Fashion’s Digital Body: Seeing and Feeling in Fashion Interactives. Eugenie Shinkle, University of Westminster, UKChapter 16. Current issues in the fashion media: industry roundtable Index