Danger in the Path of Chic - Violence in Fashion between the Wars (Hardcover)

During the interwar years, a proliferation of violence encroached upon the glossy, idealistic world of fashion: from the curiously common appearance of dismembered heads in fashion illustration, to seemingly torturous techniques and devices advertised by beauty imagery, even extending to garments designed to look assaulted and destroyed. Danger in the Path of Chic brings this disturbing imagery to light for the first time, proposing new directions for historians of fashion, violence and culture in the interwar years. Concentrating on London, Paris and New York as fashion centres and political allies, the volume explores why horror manifested itself in this way, at this time, and in a sphere that is usually perceived as being built on fantasy and escape. In doing so, Danger in the Path of Chic situates fashion within the very real social, psychological, economic and political traumas of the period.

General

Imprint:	Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Fashion: Visual & Material Interconnections
Release date:	December 2021
Authors:	Lucy Moyse Ferreira
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	240
ISBN-13:	978-1-350-12628-2
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Industrial / commercial art & design > Fashion design Books > Social sciences > Psychology > General Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Violence in society > General
LSN:	1-350-12628-4
Barcode:	9781350126282

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