Hollywood Before Glamour [electronic resource] : Fashion in American Silent Film /
Finamore, M. Tolini.author.
This exploration of fashion in American silent film offers fresh perspectives on the era preceding the studio system, and the evolution of Hollywood's distinctive brand of glamour. By the 1910s, the moving image was an integral part of everyday life and communicated fascinating, but as yet un-investigated, ideas and ideals about fashionable dress.
Based on the author's dissertation (doctoral)--Bard Graduate Center for Studies in Decorative Arts, Design History and Material Culture, 2010.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- The working girl and the fashionable libertine: fashion and film in the Progressive Era, 1900-1915 -- World War I and "American" design in fashion and film -- "Goddesses in the machine": the fashion show on film -- "Costumes" and gowns: the rise of the specialist costume designer -- Peggy Hamilton: queen of filmland fashion -- Conclusion: the birth of Hollywood glamour.
This exploration of fashion in American silent film offers fresh perspectives on the era preceding the studio system, and the evolution of Hollywood's distinctive brand of glamour. By the 1910s, the moving image was an integral part of everyday life and communicated fascinating, but as yet un-investigated, ideas and ideals about fashionable dress.
Motion pictures—History.
Motion pictures and television.
Communication.
Motion pictures—United States.
Film genres.
Motion pictures—Production and direction.
Film History.
Screen Studies.
Media Studies.
American Cinema and TV.
Genre.
Directing.