Transglobal fashion narratives : clothing communication, style statements and brand storytelling / edited by Anne Peirson-Smith and Joseph H. Hancock II.
Cool Japan: Fashion as a Vehicle of Soft Power / Tets Kimura. The Desire for Change and Contrast: Fashion in Soviet Films between 1956 and 1985 / Julia Hargassner -- The Sad Fortunes of 'Stylish Things': George Eliot and the Languages of Fashion / Royce Mahawatte -- Oscar Wilde and the Philosophy of Fashion / Colin Cavendish-Jones -- Lolita through the Looking Glass: Alice, the Japanese Lolita Subculture and the Lolita Complex / Kathryn A. Hardy Bernal -- Sewing Manuals in 1950s China: Socialist Narratives and Dress Patterns from New Democracy to Socialist Transformation / Antonia Finnane -- The Emperor's New Clothes Revisited: On Critical Fashion, Magical Thinking and Fashion as Fiction / Efrat Tseëlon -- From Tradition to Fantasy: National Costume for Puerto Rican Miss Universe Contestants / José Blanco F. and Raúl J. Vázquez-López -- From Iconography to Inspiration: Australian Indigenous References in Contemporary Fashion / Jennifer Craik -- In Your Face: Masculine Style Stories and the Fashionable Beard / Maria Mackinney-Valentin and Trine Brun Petersen -- Becoming Animal, Becoming Free: Re-Reading the Animalistic in Fashion Imagery / Louise Wallenberg -- Fragile Fashion: The Paper Dress as Art and Visual Consumption / Viveka Kjellmer -- 'O Brave New World That Hath Such Costumes in It': An Examination of Cosplay as Fantastical Performance / Anne Peirson-Smith -- 'Paris of the East'? Collapsing Fashion Capitals through Fashion Photography of Shanghai and Hong Kong / Jess Berry -- Weaving Fashion Stories in Shanghai: Heritage, Retro and Vintage Fashion in Modern Shanghai / Natascha Radclyffe-Thomas -- X Marks the Spot: The Phenomena of Visuality and Brandscaping as Material Culture / Demetra Kolakis -- Cargo Pants: The Transnational Rise of the Garment that Started a Fashion War / Joseph H. Hancock II -- Cool Japan: Fashion as a Vehicle of Soft Power / Tets Kimura.
Summary:
Everywhere we look, people are using fashion to communicate self and society - who they are, and where they belong. This book presents an international, interdisciplinary analysis of those narratives. Moving from sweatshop to runway, page to screen, camera to blog, and artist to audience, it examines fashion as a mediated form of content in branding, as a literary and filmic device, and as a personal form of expression by industry professionals, journalists, and bloggers.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.