Handbook of Fashion Studies

Sandy Black is Professor of Fashion and Textile Design and Technology at London College of Fashion, University of the Arts, London, UK.Amy de la Haye is the Rootstein Hopkins Chair of Dress History and Curatorship at London College of Fashion, University of the Arts, London, UK.Joanne Entwistle is Reader in Culture and Creative Industries at King's College, London, UK.Agnès Rocamora is Reader in Social and Cultural Studies at London College of Fashion, University of the Arts, London, UK.Regina Root is Professor of Hispanic Studies at the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA, USA.Helen Thomas is Professor Emerita, University of the Arts, London, UK.

The editors of this timely and comprehensive overview of fashion studies have done an outstanding job of creating a valuable and cohesive work from the contributions of more than thirty respected scholars. This well-integrated work addresses a broad range of contemporary issues central to academics, independent scholars and other practitioners working in disciplines and professions related to fashion studies. It is a welcome resource.

• Editorial Introduction: Sandy Black, Amy de la Haye, Agnès Rocamora, Regina Root, and Helen ThomasI. Fashion/Dress and Time, edited by Helen ThomasIntroduction: Helen Thomas1: Fashion and Dress History: Theoretical and Methodological Approaches, Lou Taylor 2: Dress, Time and Space: Expanding the Field through Exhibition Making, Greer Crawley and Donatella Barbieri3: New Fashion Times: Fashion and Digital Media, Agnès Rocamora4: Age Ordering in Dress: Fashion, the Body and Age, Julia TwiggII. Fashion, Identity and Difference, edited by Joanne EntwistleIntroduction: Joanne Entwistle5: Eighteenth century and fashion/dress, Jennifer M. Jones 6: Queer Identity, Vicki Karaminas7: On Class and Identity, Katie ApplefordIII. Spaces of Fashion, edited by Agnès RocamoraIntroduction: Agnès Rocamora8: Border Crossings: Fashion in Film/Fashion and Film, Paul Jobling9: Behind the Scenes: The Hidden Spaces of Fashion Production, Regina Lee Blaszczyk10: Fashion: More than cloth and form, Jose Teunissen11: Markets as fashion spaces, Patrik AspersIV. Fashion and Materiality, edited by Amy de la HayeIntroduction: Amy de la Haye12: Unpicking the Threads: Technology and investigative methodologies, Philip A. Sykas13: The Look: Looking at objects as subjects, Alexandra Palmer14: Anthropology and Materiality, Sarah Fee15: Immateriality, Robyn HealyV. Fashion, Agency and Policy, edited by Regina A. RootIntroduction: Regina A. Root16: Fashion, Tourism and Global Culture, Jennifer Craik17: Artisan Enterprise, Cultural Property and the Global Market, Mary Littrell and Judy Frater18: Mapping Latin American Fashion, Regina A. Root19: Secondhand Clothing and Africa: Global Fashion Influences, Local Dress Agency and Policy Issues, Karen Tranberg HansenVI. Science, Technology and New Fashion, edited by Sandy BlackIntroduction: Sandy Black20: Technology and Future Fashion: body technology for a brave new world, Bradley Quinn21: XS Labs: electronic textiles and reactive garments as socio-cultural interventions, Joanna Berzowska22: From Science to Fiction to Fashion: the development of advanced textiles for fashion in science, literature and film, Marie O’Mahony23: Fashion and science intersections: collaborations across disciplines, Philip Sams and Sandy BlackVII. Sustainable Fashion in a Globalised World, edited by Sandy Black and Regina A. RootIntroduction: Sandy Black and Regina A. Root24: Towards an integrated human rights-based approach to corporate responsibility in the global apparel industry, Marsha Dickson25: Fast fashion and sustainability, Margaret Maynard26: Design for sustainability in fashion and textiles, Kate Fletcher 27: The design of a new prosperity, Simonetta Carbonaro and David GoldsmithResource Bibliography Subject and Name Index