Anne Hollander: Sex and Suits | Taschenbuch

Cover: 9781474250658 | Sex and Suits | The Evolution of Modern Dress | Anne Hollander | Buch

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Beschreibung

Since the dawn of western fashion in the Middle Ages, women's dress has never stopped evolving, yet menswear has seen far fewer style revolutions. At the centre of the male wardrobe is the suit: relatively unchanged since the 17th century, its cut and cloth suggest athleticism, seriousness, sexuality and strength - qualities which contrasted with the perceived superficiality and frivolity of female dress, and eventually led to the adoption of the suit into the female wardrobe where it remains to this day.

In Sex and Suits brilliant essayist and art critic Anne Hollander charts the development of men's and women's fashion from their divergence in the medieval period to their convergence through to the late 20th century. Challenging the idea that the suit's success is merely down to its practicality, this trailblazing book argues that men have been fashion's true style-setters and that as women's fashion has taken on elements of men's style through tailoring, so men have reclaimed the embellishment and colour of past eras.

First published in 1994 to great acclaim, this classic text is as fresh and provocative as ever and remains a must-read for students, scholars and anyone fascinated by the history of fashion and gender.

Über den Autor

Anne Hollander

Zusammenfassung

Focussing on the suit, the book argues that the men's style has driven western fashion aesthetics

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations

1. INTRODUCTION
Sex and the Modern Form
What Fashion Is

II. THE WORK OF FASHION
Fashion, Non-fashion and Anti-fashion
Meaning in Fashion
Form and Sexuality
Early Fashion History
Later Changes
Female Invention

III. THE GENESIS OF THE SUIT
The Great Divide
Reason and Fantasy
Sobriety and Simplicity
Antique Natural Nudity
Heroes in Wool
Neo-classic Erotics
Ready-made Men
The Once and Future Suit

IV. MODERNITY
Worth and His Effects
Reforming Women
Stays
Redesigning Women
Modern Transformations
Recent Revolutions

V. NOWADAYS
Informalities
Sexualities
Revelations
Anxieties
Perceptions

Select Bibliography

Index

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2016
Genre:	Importe , Kunst
Rubrik:	Kunst & Musik
Thema:	Innenarchitektur & Design
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9781474250658
ISBN-10:	1474250653
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Hollander, Anne
Auflage:	2nd edition
Hersteller:	Bloomsbury Academic
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	246 x 187 x 12 mm
Von/Mit:	Anne Hollander
Erscheinungsdatum:	25.08.2016
Gewicht:	0,32 kg