English, Bonnie.

A cultural history of fashion in the twentieth century : from the catwalk to the sidewalk / Bonnie English. - English ed. - New York : Berg, 2007. - xiii, 178 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [163]-169) and index.

Interplay of commerce and culture before the first World War -- Democratization of fashion: machine age aesthetics -- Framing fashion: the artists who made clothes -- Fashioning the American body -- Postmodernism and fashion -- Anti-fashion -- Japanese conceptual fashion -- Globalization and e-fashion.

9781845203412 (cloth) 1845203410 (cloth) 9781845203429 (pbk.) 1845203429 (pbk.)

2007014010


Fashion--History--20th century.
Fashion design--History--20th century.
Fashion designers--History--20th century.

TT507 / .E64 2007

746.9/20904