Fashion's double
Subtitle: representations of fashion in painting, photography and film
By: Adam Geczy and Vicki Karaminas
Contributors: Karaminas, Vicki, author
Series: Dress, body, culture; Dress, body, culture
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 150
ISBN-13: 9780857856340; 9780857857118
Copyright date: 2016
Subjects: Social aspects; Fashion; Fashion in art; Psychological aspects
Description: "Mere clothing is transformed into desirable fashion by the way it is represented in imagery. Fashion's Double examines how meanings are projected onto garments through their representation, whether in painting, photography, cinema or online fashion film, conveying identity and status, eliciting fascination and desire. With in-depth case studies including the film and photography of Nick Knight, Helmut Lang and Terry Richardson, film examples including Pret-a-Porter, music video 'Girl Panic' by Duran Duran and much more, the book analyses the interrelationship between clothing, identity, embodiment and self-representation. Accessibly written for students and scholars, Fashion's Double will appeal to anyone studying fashion, cultural studies, art theory and history, photography, sociology, and film"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references, filmography (page 138) , and index.
Table of contents: title: Painting fashion; title: The model image: From illustration to photograph; title: The little black dress and Capitol Couture; title: Perverse utopias: Helmut Newton; title: Music video, pornochic and retro-elegance; title: Fashion film, or the disappearing catwalk.