Cool Shades - The History and Meaning of Sunglasses (Hardcover)

Cool Shades provides the first in-depth exploration of the enduring appeal of sunglasses in visual culture, both historically and today. Ubiquitous in fashion, advertising, film and graphic design, sunglasses are the ultimate signifier of 'cool' in mass culture; a powerful attribute pervading much fashion and pop cultural imagery which has received little scholarly attention until now. Accessible and highly engaging, this book offers an original history of how sunglasses became a fashion accessory in the early twentieth century, and addresses the complex variety of meanings they have the power to articulate, through associations with vision, light, glamour, darkness, fashion, speed and technology in the context of modernity. Cool Shades will be of great interest to students of fashion, design, visual and material culture, cultural studies and sociology, as well as general readers fascinated by this iconic fashion staple.

General

Imprint:	Bloomsbury Academic
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	December 2014
First published:	2015
Authors:	Vanessa Brown
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	192
ISBN-13:	978-0-85785-444-5
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Industrial / commercial art & design > Fashion design Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > Customs & folklore > Costume, clothes & fashion
LSN:	0-85785-444-5
Barcode:	9780857854445

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