Prêt-à-Porter, Paris and Women - A Cultural Study of French Readymade Fashion, 1945-68 (Hardcover)

In the first critical history of French ready-made fashion, Alexis Romano examines an array of cultural sources, including surviving garments, fashion magazines, film, photography and interviews, to weave together previously disparate historical narratives. The resulting volume – Prêt-à-Porter: Paris and Women – situates the ready-made in wider cultural discourses of art, design, urbanism, technology and international policy. Through a close study of fashion magazines, including Vogue and Elle, Romano reveals how the French ready-made and the genre of fashion photography in France developed in tandem. Analyses of representations of space, women and prêt-à-porter in such magazines – alongside other cultural ephemera such as contemporary film, documentary photography and family photographs – demonstrate that popular conceptions of fashion and modernity shifted in the period 1945-68. By connecting national and personal histories, Prêt-à-Porter: Paris and Women reveals the importance of the ready-made to broader narratives of postwar reconstruction, national identity, gender and international dialogue.

General

Imprint:	Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Fashion: Visual & Material Interconnections
Release date:	June 2022
Authors:	Alexis Romano
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	264
ISBN-13:	978-1-350-12619-0
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > General Books > Arts & Architecture > Industrial / commercial art & design > General Books > Humanities > History > General Books > Business & Economics > Industry & industrial studies > Service industries > Fashion & beauty industries > General Books > History > General Promotions
LSN:	1-350-12619-5
Barcode:	9781350126190

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