Fashion and Its Multi-Cultural Facets.

Intro -- Fashion and Its Multi-Cultural Facets -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- Part 1 Fashion: Past and Future -- Fashioning the Other: Representations of Brazilian Women's Dress in National Geographic, 1888-1988 -- Elizabeth Keckly and Ann Lowe: Constructing Fashionable Black Identity -- Barbara Hoff: Polish Fashion Dictator in the People's Republic of Poland (1945-1989) -- The Atelier and the Apartment: Coco Chanel and the Interior -- Phantom Red: Colour, Fashion and Film in the 1920s -- The Siren Mode: Female Body Image in the Ballets Russes and Haute Couture c. 1927-1929 -- Bring Me My Bow(s) of Burning White: Re-Reading the Literary Wedding Dress as Narrative of Refuge, Resistance and Revenge -- Part 2 Society, Culture and Communication -- Fashioning Age: Dress, Identity and the Changing Body -- Clothing, Fashion and Control -- Nameless Chic and National Identity -- Fashion as Identity in Steampunk Communities -- When Ethical Fashion Is a Challenge: Polish Case -- Fashion System Shanghai: The Advent of a New Gatekeeper -- Dress, Comfort and Vulnerability: The Intimate Hijab and Religious Habitus -- Choreographing Fashion -- Designing Tim Walker: Story Teller Book and Exhibition -- Simulation: Effectual and Applicable Learning in Fashion Curriculums -- Three Case Studies on Russian Online Fashion Retailers -- 'The Best Way I Knew - Through Fashion': On Personal Style Bloggers and Self-Expression -- Fashion Communication in Asia: Participant Observation and Qualitative Interview with Media Personnel at MILK X Monthly -- Part 3 Luxury Brands, Products and Innovation -- The Future of Global Luxury Fashion: Growth, Source of Design and Inspiration and Prime Markets for the Sales of Luxury Goods -- The Unique Standard -- Innovative Products: Bags by Tommaso Cecchi De' Rossi -- What Contemporary Jewellery Might Have to Say about Fashion.

Sequins, Snakeskin and Stilettos: Shoe Design and the Study of Material Agency -- Identity Construction and the Multiple Meanings of Homemade Clothes in Contemporary British Culture -- Supporting Local Craftsmanship through Fashion.

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