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Wig Wag: The Flags of Fashion

Door Alessandra Vaccari

Categorie
Mode, Kostuums & Verzorging
Boeknummer
#370495-ZC26
Titel
Wig Wag: The Flags of Fashion
Auteur
Vaccari, Alessandra
Boektype
Paperback
Uitgeverij
Venice : Marsilio Editori
Jaar van uitgave
2005
ISBN10
8831788027
ISBN13
9788831788021
Taal
Engels
Beschrijving
Paperback, illustrated with numerous photographs in colour, 8vo.
Samenvatting
Flags are everywhere, even in our wardrobes. Why are these brightly coloured cloth rectangles so fascinating? Are they fetishistic cult objects, fascinating stereotypes of identity or unsettling signs of power? And how do they fit into the omnivorous iconography of fashion and the anarchy of the creative processes of style? The book, Wig Wag, The Flags of Fashion rides along in the midst of that dense stream of visions and references - sporty, ethnic, patriotic or nostalgic - triggered by flags as a theme and by their relationship with fashion. It tears them away from the immediate association with the concept of nations and follows them through their visual metamorphoses that were created and guided by historic names such as Elsa Schiaparelli, Christian Dior and Emilio Pucci; designers an... (Lees verder)d brands like Tommy Hilfiger, Ralph Lauren, Vivienne Westwood, Franco Moschino, Dolce & Gabbana, Prada, Antonio Marras, Alexander McQueen and Viktor & Rolf; and street-style brands, including Mambo, Vans, Eastpak, Gsus, Nigo, Stussy and Ipath. Irony and identity are the driving forces behind the multiple ways in which the flags of the United States, Great Britain and Italy have been appropriated. Fashion also has a place for the colors of Brazil, Jamaica and Japan, red flags, rainbow flags and flags that have no country. The book traverses this explosion of colourful symbols to present the creative processes of a fashion in close contact with cinema, art, design and music.
Pagina's
148
Conditie
Goed
Prijs
€ 10,00

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