Fashion and celebrity culture / Pamela Church Gibson.
Gibson, Pamela Church.
2012
GT525 .G53 2012 (Mapit)
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Fashion and celebrity culture / Pamela Church Gibson.
Author
Gibson, Pamela Church.
ISBN
9781847883865 (pbk.)
1847883869 (pbk.)
9781847883858
1847883850
Publication Details
Oxford ; New York : Berg Publishers, 2012.
Language
English
Description
288 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
Call Number
GT525 .G53 2012
Dewey Decimal Classification
391
Summary
The interrelationship between fashion and celebrity is now a salient and pervasive feature of the media world. This accessible text presents the first in-depth study of the phenomenon, assessing the degree to which celebrity culture has reshaped the fashion system. "Fashion and celebrity culture" critically examines the history of this relationship from its growth in the nineteenth century to its mutation during the twentieth century to the dramatic changes that have befallen it in the last two decades.
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The interrelationship between fashion and celebrity is now a salient and pervasive feature of the media world. This accessible text presents the first in-depth study of the phenomenon, assessing the degree to which celebrity culture has reshaped the fashion system. "Fashion and celebrity culture" critically examines the history of this relationship from its growth in the nineteenth century to its mutation during the twentieth century to the dramatic changes that have befallen it in the last two decades.
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Includes bibliographic references and index.
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Introduction, rationale, context
Celebrity and fashion, past and present
Part I. Fashion and film : Film stars as fashion icons
Changes in cinematic culture: some celebrity cover girls
'Fashion films': from Prêt-à-porter to A single man
Sex and the city: from small screen to big screen
Part II. Fashion media and culture : The changing face(s) of the fashion magazine and the new media landscape
Contemporary television: so many celebrities, so little fashion?
Music and fashion forge links
Artists, celebrity and fashion: from Wilde and Warhol to Taylor-Wood
Part III. Fashion gone global : Designers and models become brands
Other continents, other celebrities, other fashions
Concluding thoughts: folklore, fallibility, the future.

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