Fashion in Film (New Directions in National Cinemas)
"Munich has woven together a wonderful collection that lays bare not only the long standing interdependency between fashion and film, but also their interchangeability as sources of inspiration." —Louise Wallenberg, Director of the Center for Fashion Studies, Stockholm University"Fashion in Film is a recommended pick for arts collections strong in fashion as well as film libraries." —Midwest Book Review"Adrienne Munich has edited a compelling collection of scholarly articles exploring the intense relationship between film and fashion, devoted to topics as various as vampire fashion, the adaptation of the New Look in 1950s Hollywood melodrama and fashion shows in French film. A stunning look at the enduring fascination of what to wear in the dream world that is film." —Elizabeth Wilson, author of Adorned in Dreams"The individual essays work together effectively and are, for the most part, free of the jargon that sometimes mars both film and cultural analyses.... Recommended." —Choice"This important anthology meanders between the histories of cinema and fashion, and beyond, to deliver fresh perspectives and approaches to a subject that is gathering a momentum. The wide-ranging essays reveal the complexity of fashion in film as an area of study, carefully considering film costume and fashion as separate yet deeply intertwined entities. Fashion is here addressed as an aesthetic form, as a signifier of the social, cultural and political, and, delightfully, also as a particular parallel to - if not the very fabric of - film. Fashion in Film should become an indispensable reader." —Marketa Uhlirova, Director/Curator, Fashion in Film Festival