Folk Fashion

Understanding Homemade Clothes

AvAmy Twigger Holroyd

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Engelska, 2017

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A dynamic resurgence in sewing and knitting is under way, with many people enjoying making and mending their own garments at home. However, stories abound of homemade clothes languishing at the back of the wardrobe. Amy Twigger Holroyd draws on ideas of fashion, culture and craft to explore makers' lived experiences of creating and wearing homemade clothes in a society dominated by shop-bought garments. Using the innovative metaphor of fashion as common land, Folk Fashion investigates the complex relationship between making, well-being and sustainability. Twigger Holroyd combines her own experience as a designer and knitter with first-hand accounts from folk fashion makers to explore this fascinating, yet under-examined, area of contemporary fashion culture.Looking to the future, she also considers how sewers and knitters might maximise the radical potential of their activities.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2017-05-23
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:256
Filformat:EPUB
Kopieringsskydd:LCP
ISBN:9781838608569
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

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Mer om författaren

Amy Twigger Holroyd is a designer, maker, writer and researcher. Through her knitwear label, Keep & Share, she has been exploring the emerging field of fashion and sustainability since 2004. Her work has been sold and exhibited worldwide and featured in many books and publications, from Vogue to Fashion Theory. She is a Senior Lecturer in Design, Culture & Context at Nottingham Trent University.

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[Holroyd] suggests that in a social moment when making clothes is no longer a practical necessity ... For me, as a folklorist and artist, this creative possibility is the essence of folk. A highly recommended book!

Innehållsförteckning

Cast ListList of IllustrationsAcknowledgementsChapter 1 Introducing folk fashionChapter 2The resurgence of folk fashion Chapter 3Identity, connection and the fashion commonsChapter 4Why DIY? The experience of making and wearing homemadeChapter 5Reknitting: an experimental folk fashion practiceChapter 6Patterns, design and creativityChapter 7Making the wardrobeChapter 8Folk fashion and the futureBibliographyIndex