FORTIES FASHION "FROM SIREN SUITS TO NEW LOOK"

WALFORD, JONATHAN

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ISBN:978-0-500-28897-9
EAN:9780500288979
Editorial: THAMES & HUDSON
Fecha de la edición:2011
Número de la edición: 1
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Encuadernación:RUSTICA
Nº Pág.:208
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'Forties Fashion' is an essential sourcebook - stylish and richly illustrated. The result is a glorious celebration of everything from practical attire for air raids (hooded capes with large pockets, zipper-fronted jumpsuits and turbans) to street and anti-fashion, and the creation of Christian Dior's New Look collection in 1947. This is the definitive book on fashion in the 1940s - from French style under the occupation and the 'make do and mend' approach to solving clothing shortages, through issues of dress, patriotism and propaganda and the development of faux fabrics and rationing, to the rise of American fashion houses and the New Look of the post-war period. During this period of conflict, fashion managed to express ideals of beauty, femininity and luxury even though practical considerations came first. Jonathan Walford details how fashion was considered not a frivolity but an aesthetic expression of circumstances. By 1940 the pursuit of beauty was promoted on both sides as a patriotic duty.