Fashion Since 1900

by Amy de la Haye, Valerie Mendes

Overview

“Excellent . . . makes many revealing connections between fashion and modern painting styles, theatricalism, ethnographic design, and sports clothing.”—Bloomsbury Review

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780500204696
Publisher:	Thames & Hudson
Publication date:	10/05/2021
Series:	World of Art
Edition description:	Third
Pages:	376
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.20(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Amy de la Haye is an expert dress historian. She is the Rootstein Hopkins chair of dress history & curatorship at London College of Fashion.

Valerie Mendes was Head of the Textiles and Dress Department at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.

Table of Contents

Preface 6

Chapter 1 1900-1913: Undulations and Exotica 11

Chapter 2 1914-1929: La Garçonne and the New Simplicity 47

Chapter 3 1930-1938: Recession and Escapism 78

Chapter 4 1939-1945: Rationed Fashion and Home-Made Style 107

Chapter 5 1946-1956: Femininity and Conformity 130

Chapter 6 1957-1967: Affluence and the Teenage Challenge 160

Chapter 7 1968-1975: Eclecticism and Ecology 196

Chapter 8 1976-1988: Sedition and Consumerism 228

Chapter 9 1989-1999: Fashion Goes Global 262

Chapter 10 2000-2010: Recession, Heritage and the Internet 285

Chapter 11 2010-2020: Fashion and Activism 310

Afterword 334

Bibliography 337

Sources of Illustrations 359

Acknowledgements 361

Reference index 362