Chic Thrills: A Fashion Reader [Paperback]

Juliet Ash (Editor), Elizabeth Wilson (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 13, 1993

Designed to be as internationally relevant as the fashion it discusses, Chic Thrills extends fashion theory beyond the interpretation of style, and shows how it relates to the economic realities and motivations of those who create the clothing we buy and wear.
Among the issues the contributors address are: Feminism and the politics of fashion * The relationship of non-European cultures to Western fashion * Fashion and the negotiation of identity * Recent trends in fashion photography and the media representation of fashion * Industrial conditions, production constraints and the relationship of garment workers to the clothes they make * Playing with a different sex: fashion and the lesbian couple * Fascism and fashion: Paris haute couture under Nazi occupation * Fashion and the postmodern body.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Provides a discourse that will attract readers concerned with fashion and those who want to have a new look at some old economic and cultural contradictions. Works such as this, incorporating left debates, may offer new generations of readers the sort of allure that books about 'socialism' appear to have lost." -- Lorraine Gamman, New Statesman & Society

About the Author

Juliet Ash is Lecturer in Fashion Design History and Theory at Ravensbourne College of Design and Communication. Elizabeth Wilson is Professor of Social Studies, Polytechnic of North London, and author of Adorned in Dreams (California, 1988) and The Sphinx in the City(California, 1992).

Product Details

• Paperback: 250 pages
• Publisher: University of California Press (April 13, 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0520083393
• ISBN-13: 978-0520083394
• Product Dimensions: 9.7 x 7.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,682,589 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)