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Fashion's World Cities
Paperback / softback
Main Details
Title |
Fashion's World Cities
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Authors and Contributors |
Edited by Christopher Breward
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Edited by David Gilbert
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Series | Cultures of Consumption Series |
Physical Properties |
Format:Paperback / softback | Pages:304 | Dimensions(mm): Height 234,Width 156 |
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ISBN/Barcode |
9781845204136
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Classifications | Dewey:391.009 |
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Audience | Tertiary Education (US: College) | |
Illustrations |
40 b&w illustrations, bibliography, index
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Imprint |
Berg Publishers
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Publication Date |
1 September 2006 |
Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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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.
Author Biography
David Gilbert is Professor of Geography at Royal Holloway University, London. Christopher Breward is Deputy Head of Research at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London.
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