Danger in the Path of Chic
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Danger in the Path of Chic

Violence in Fashion between the Wars

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Danger in the Path of Chic

Violence in Fashion between the Wars

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About This Book

During the interwar years, a proliferation of violence encroached upon the glossy, idealistic world of fashion: from the curiously common appearance of dismembered heads in fashion illustration, to seemingly torturous techniques and devices advertised by beauty imagery, even extending to garments designed to look assaulted and destroyed. Danger in the Path of Chic brings this disturbing imagery to light for the first time, proposing new directions for historians of fashion, violence and culture in the interwar years. Concentrating on London, Paris and New York as fashion centres and political allies, the volume explores why horror manifested itself in this way, at this time, and in a sphere that is usually perceived as being built on fantasy and escape. In doing so, Danger in the Path of Chic situates fashion within the very real social, psychological, economic and political traumas of the period.

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Publisher
Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Year
2021
ISBN
9781350126305
Edition
1
Topic
Design
Subtopic
Fashion Design

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Halftitle Page
  3. Title Page
  4. Contents
  5. List of Illustrations
  6. Acknowledgements
  7. Introduction
  8. 1 Assault
  9. 2 Fragmentation
  10. 3 Eroticism
  11. 4 Absence
  12. Conclusion
  13. Notes
  14. Bibliography
  15. Index
  16. Imprint