| British Fashion Design: Rag Trade or Image Industry? Contributor(s): McRobbie, Angela (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415057817 ISBN-13: 9780415057813 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $44.60 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 1998 Annotation: Renowned cultural critic Angela McRobbie explores the tensions between fashion as art form and the demands of a ruthlessly commercial industry. Examining the careers of particular British fashion designers, McRobbie analyzes the impact of fashion media in promoting new talent and its potential for job creation. Photos. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | International - General - Business & Economics | Industries - General - Design | Fashion & Accessories |
| Dewey: 746.920 |
| LCCN: 98-02983 |
| Lexile Measure: 1490 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6.22" W x 9.22" (0.80 lbs) 216 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: British Fashion Design explores the tensions between fashion as art form, and the demands of a ruthlessly commercial industry. Based on interviews and research conducted over a number of years, Angela McRobbie charts the flow of art school fashion graduates into the industry; their attempts to reconcile training with practice, and their precarious position between the twin supports of the education system and the commercial sector. Stressing the social context of cultural production, McRobbie focuses on British fashion and its graduate designers as products of youth street culture, and analyses how designers from diverse backgrounds have created a labour market for themselves, remodelling enterprise culture to suit their own careers. |