| Fashion's World Cities Contributor(s): Breward, Christopher (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1845204131 ISBN-13: 9781845204136 Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC OUR PRICE: $46.48 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2006 Annotation: New York, Paris, London, Milan, Tokyo. This familiar list of cities conjures up the image of high fashion. This book examines the powerful relationship between metropolitan modernity and fashion culture. The authors look at the significance of certain key sites in fashion's world order and at transformations in the connections between key cities. The status of fashion capital has now become a goal for urban boosters and planners, part of the wider promotion of the "cultural economy" of major cities. In a rapidly changing global fashion system new centres like Shanghai are making claims to join the ranks of Fashion's World Cities. In chapters ranging from Los Angeles to Moscow and Dakar to Mumbai, Fashion's World Cities explores the relationship between major metropolises and the production, consumption and mythologizing of fashion. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Design | Fashion & Accessories - Health & Fitness | Beauty & Grooming - General |
| Dewey: 391.009 |
| LCCN: 2006018530 |
| Series: Cultures of Consumption (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.53" H x 6.29" W x 9.2" (1.16 lbs) 304 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: New York, Paris, London, Milan, Tokyo. This familiar list of cities conjures up the image of high fashion. This book examines the powerful relationship between metropolitan modernity and fashion culture. The authors look at the significance of certain key sites in fashion's world order and at transformations in the connections between key cities. The status of fashion capital has now become a goal for urban boosters and planners, part of the wider promotion of the 'cultural economy' of major cities. In a rapidly changing global fashion system, new centres like Shanghai are making claims to join the ranks of Fashion's World Cities. In chapters ranging from Los Angeles to Moscow and Dakar to Mumbai, Fashion's World Cities explores the relationship between major metropolises and the production, consumption and mythologizing of fashion. |
Contributor Bio(s): Breward, Christopher: - Christopher Breward is Professor in Historical and Cultural Studies, London College of Fashion, UK.Gilbert, David: - David Gilbert is Senior Lecturer in Geography at Royal Holloway, University of London. |