Fashion Cultures

Fashion Cultures: Theories, Explorations and Analysis
Stella Bruzzi Editor, Pamela Church Gibson Editor
Book Description

From the catwalk to the shopping mall, from the big screen to the art museum, fashion plays an increasingly central role in contemporary culture. Fashion Cultures investigates why we are so fascinated by fashion and the associated spheres of photography, magazines and television, and shopping. Fashion Cultures: re-addresses the fashionable image, considering the work of designers from Paul Smith to Alexander McQueen and Hussein Chalayan investigates the radicalism of fashion photography, from William Klein to Corinne Day considers fashion for the `unfashionable body` the old and the big, football and fashion, and geographies of style explores the relationship between fashion and the moving image in discussions of female cinema icons - from Grace Kelly to Gwyneth Paltrow - and iconic male images - from Cary Grant to Malcolm X and Mr Darcy - that have redefined notions of masculinity and cool makes a significant intervention into contemporary gender politics and theory, exploring themes such as spectacle, masquerade, and the struggle between fashion and feminism.

Synopsis

From the catwalk to the shopping mall, from the big screen to the art museum, fashion plays an increasingly central role in contemporary culture. Fashion Cultures investigates why we are so fascinated by fashion and the associated spheres of photography, magazines and television, and shopping. Fashion Cultures: re-addresses the fashionable image, considering the work of designers from Paul Smith to Alexander McQueen and Hussein Chalayan investigates the radicalism of fashion photography, from William Klein to Corinne Day considers fashion for the `unfashionable body` the old and the big, football and fashion, and geographies of style explores the relationship between fashion and the moving image in discussions of female cinema icons - from Grace Kelly to Gwyneth Paltrow - and iconic male images - from Cary Grant to Malcolm X and Mr Darcy - that have redefined notions of masculinity and cool makes a significant intervention into contemporary gender politics and theory, exploring themes such as spectacle, masquerade, and the struggle between fashion and feminism. Fiona Anderson, Sarah Berry, Christopher Breward, Stella Bruzzi, Edward Buscombe, Sarah Cardwell, Pamela Church Gibson, Catherine Constable, Louise Crewe, Rachel Dwyer, Caroline Evans, Jane Gaines, Lo