Edith Wharton and the making of fashion
By: Katherine Joslin.
Series: Becoming modern: new nineteenth-century studies
Publisher: University of New Hampshire Press; University Press of New England
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Durham, N.H; Hanover [N.H.]
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 242
ISBN-13: 9781584657798
Subjects: Wharton, Edith, -- 1862-1937 -- Criticism and interpretation; Wharton, Edith, -- 1862-1937 -- Knowledge -- Clothing; Clothing and dress in literature; Class consciousness in literature; Fashion -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: remnant and meaning  ". . . the sweep and amplitude of the great artist's stroke . . ."; title: Dressing up  ". . . my newest Doucet dress . . . it was pretty . . ."; title: The underside of fashion  ". . . the utensils of their art . . ."; title: Philanthropy and progress ". . . thin shoulders in shapeless gingham . . ."; title: Desire in the marketplace "What you want is the home-made article."; title: The cut of a gown "Why not make one's own fashions?"; title: Dressing for middle age "; don't try to make me look like a flapper."; title: Democracy and dress ". . . 'the American girl,' the world's highest achievement. . . ."  Conclusion: the costume side "; the small rest!; will, I think, be interested in  the 'costume' side, . . ."