FASH 319: Fashion History - Modern Era

A decade-by-decade history of fashion as a lively and dynamic manifestation of twentieth-century culture. Covers the chronological changes in womenswear, menswear, and childrenswear, and looks at the dissemination of style and the mechanisms of change,at the relationship between fashion and the visual, applied, and performing arts, the intertwined relationship between fashion and popular culture, the impact of new materials and technology, and the growing globalization of style.
(Also in print: GT596 .C65 2015)

Provides students with techniques, tools and inspiration to master their visual research skills and make the research that they undertake more effective.

A practical guide to analyzing fashion objects, clearly demonstrating how their close analysis can enhance and enrich interdisciplinary research.

The basics of primary and secondary research sources and how and where to gather information.
(Also in print: TT515 .M36 2014 )

With an emphasis on material culture and ethnographic approaches in fashion studies, this book offers insights into the complex dynamics of research and fashion.

Twentieth-century style, decade by decade.

A look at fashion history over the twentieth century and charts the evolution from corsets to Coco Chanel to punk.

Explains iconic items of clothing and how they were worn, what the look was born of, its cultural background, how it was received, and how it still resonates in fashion today.