Hairstyles and fashion
Subtitle: a hairdresser's history of Paris, 1910-1920
By: edited with an introduction by Steven Zdatny.
Contributors: Zdatny, Steven M.
Series: Dress, body, culture
Publisher: Berg; Berg Publishers
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 204
Subjects: Hairstyles -- France -- Paris -- History -- 20th century.; Hairdressing -- France -- Paris -- History -- 20th century.
Other titles: Hairdresser's history of Paris, 1910-1920
Description: "The way a society deals with hair speaks volumes about its structures, its wealth, and its values." "This book contains articles written by the Paris hairstylist Emile Long between December 1910 and December 1920 for an English trade journal. Long's purpose in writing was to keep English coiffeurs informed about the goings-on in the world of fashion and hairdressing in France, and especially in Paris. In doing so he has provided us with a personal cultural history of the world's most fashionable city in a period that stretches from the end of the Belle Epoque, through the First World War, and into the opening year of the Roaring Twenties." "Students and scholars of history, fashion and French society will enjoy these rich and revealing accounts of what hair means to identity and culture."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.