Looking Flash
Subtitle: Clothing in Aotearoa New Zealand
Contributors: Bronwyn Labrum (Editor); Stephanie Gibson (Editor)
Publisher: Auckland University Press
Published: April 1, 2008
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9781869403973
Subjects: Cultural studies; Social history; History; History - General History; History: World; New Zealand; Australia & New Zealand - General; Beauty & Grooming - General; Fashion; History / Australia & Oceania
Description: "Offering a fresh look at the role of clothes in New Zealand history, Looking Flash examines what we wear and what we have worn - from the shrinking bathing suit to the black singlet - over the past three centuries. The writers show that, despite a reputation for being wary of 'looking flash', New Zealand has not always been a dowdy country. Essays span the clothing of pre-colonial Maori society, marching girls and castaways, and include eighteenth-century heirloom dresses, hand-me-downs, wartime garb and kilts. There are also extraordinary stories about the fate of a Maori cloak and an Otago farmer's remarkable collection of 1970s high-fashion garments."--BOOK JACKET.