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The swimsuit : fashion from poolside to catwalk /
This volume documents the modern swimsuit's trajectory from men's underwear and circus/performance wear to its unique niche in world fashion. It emphasizes the relationship between fashion, media, celebrity, sport and the cultivation of the modern body. This fascinating book provides an hi...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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London :
Berg,
2012.
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| Edition: | English ed. |
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: 1.A Template for New World Fashion
- 2. Testing the Waters: Morality and Undressing the Body
- Revelations
- Decent Exposure: Unisex Style
- Peepholes to the Future
- Spreading the Image: Let me Hear your Body Talk
- Prohibition in the Noughties
- 3. Show and Tell: Popularizing the Swimsuit
- Vaudeville and Mass Urban Entertainment
- Silent Movies
- Hollywood Active Glamour
- Twenty-first Century: Small Screen and Real-world Mermaids
- 4. Body Business: Beauty Made to Measure
- Measuring up to the Classical Ideal
- Training the Body
- Contesting Beauty
- The Cult of the Body
- 5. Going for Gold: Sport and Fashion
- Daughters of the Gods
- Speed on in your Speedos
- National Heroes and Celebrity Athletes
- 6. Shaping Up: The History and Development of the Swimsuit's Integration into the Fashion Industry
- Splash Makers
- Fashion Casts its Net
- Designed in Australia
- Made Here and There.
- Note continued: Riding the Wave of Popularity into the Twenty-first Century
- Speedo and AussieBum: Imprinting the Male Body
- The Aussie Cossie as Reference Point: Water Baby
- 7. Branded Nation: A Place in the Sun
- Gold (Plated) Coast: Glitz, Glamour, Sunshine and the Luxury of Leisure
- Bombora: Surfing into Fashion
- Nation Branding and Fashion.