Changing Styles in Fashion: Who, What, Why [Paperback]

Maggie Pexton Murray (Author)

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The "ever changing styles of fashion" would be a more fitting title. If there were one constant in popular culture it would have to be the "in one day, out the next" concept of clothing. It's a wonder no one ever invented disposable clothing (although, a lot of people treat clothes as if they were). Throughout time, clothes have been the signifier of status, gender, occupation and personality. The historical view of fashion reveals much about societal and political circumstance. As it walks through each period in time-Ancient Civilizations, the Baroque period, French fashion, the 20th Century, WW II-Changing Styles in Fashion, describes the functions and designs of the different styles of dress and explains the attitudes that surround the fashions. It certainly is refreshing to view history through the fashions of past decades, rather than the usual milestones of war and conquest. -- From The WomanSource Catalog & Review: Tools for Connecting the Community for Women; review by SH

The "ever changing styles of fashion" would be a more fitting title. If there were one constant in popular culture it would have to be the "in one day, out the next" concept of clothing. It's a wonder no one ever invented disposable clothing (although, a lot of people treat clothes as if they were). Throughout time, clothes have been the signifier of status, gender, occupation and personality. The historical view of fashion reveals much about societal and political circumstance. As it walks through each period in time-Ancient Civilizations, the Baroque period, French fashion, the 20th Century, WW II-Changing Styles in Fashion, describes the functions and designs of the different styles of dress and explains the attitudes that surround the fashions. It certainly is refreshing to view history through the fashions of past decades, rather than the usual milestones of war and conquest. --The WomanSource Catalog & Review: Tools for Connecting the Community for Women; review by SH

About the Author

Maggie Pexton murray is affiliated with the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 252 pages
• Publisher: Fairchild Pubns (February 10, 1989)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0870055852
• ISBN-13: 978-0870055850
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.3 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,627,679 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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