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001 2013016219
003 DLC
005 20150429081943.0
008 130523s2013 ctua b 000 0 eng
010 $a 2013016219
020 $a9780300196702 (hardback)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda$dDLC
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050 00 $aTT507$b.Q62 2013
082 00 $a746.9/2$223
084 $aDES005000$aDES013000$aSOC012000$aART006010$aDES008000$2bisacsh
245 02 $aA queer history of fashion :$bfrom the closet to the catwalk /$c[edited by] Valerie Steele.
264 1 $aNew Haven :$bYale University Press in association with the Fashion Institute of Technology New York,$c[2013]
300 $a248 pages :$billustrations (some color) ;$c27 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
505 0 $aA queer history of fashion : from the closet to the catwalk / Valerie Steele -- Conspicuous waist : queer dress in the "long eighteenth century" / Peter McNeil -- Couture as queer auto/biography / Christopher Breward -- Queerly visible : gay men, dress, and style 1960-2012 / Shaun Cole -- What does a lesbian look like? / Elizabeth Wilson -- Born this way : lesbian style since the eighties / Vicki Karaminas -- Queer activist fashion / Johnathan D. Katz.
520 $a"From Christian Dior to Yves Saint Laurent and Alexander McQueen, many of the greatest fashion designers of the past century have been gay. Fashion and style have played an important role within the LGBTQ community, as well, even as early as the 18th century. This provocative book looks at the history of fashion through a queer lens, examining high fashion as a site of gay cultural production and exploring the aesthetic sensibilities and unconventional dress of LGBTQ people, especially since the 1950s, to demonstrate the centrality of gay culture to the creation of modern fashion. Contributions by some of the world's most acclaimed scholars of gay history and fashion - including Christopher Breward, Shaun Cole, Vicki Karaminas, Jonathan D. Katz, Peter McNeil, and Elizabeth Wilson - investigate topics such as the context in which key designers' lives and works form part of a broader "gay" history; the "archeology" of queer attire back to the homosexual underworld of 18th-century Europe; and the influence of LGBTQ subcultural styles from the trouser suits worn by Marlene Dietrich (which inspired Yves Saint Laurent's "Le Smoking") to the iconography of leather. Sumptuous illustrations include both fashion photography and archival imagery"--$cProvided by publisher.
520 $a"Although it has long been recognized that gay people appear to have a special relationship with fashion and style, this will be the first book to look at the history of fashion through a queer lens and to explore the "gayness" or "queerness" of fashion. The book will explore the importance of gay men as fashion designers from the 1930s to the present, including the contributions to fashion history of gay designers such as Christian Dior, Yves Saint Laurent, and Alexander McQueen. Bisexual and lesbian designers and other fashion professionals will also be considered. In addition, the book will document the creativity and resistance to oppression expressed by LGBTQ (lesbian-gay-bisexual-transgender-queer) sub-cultural styles, which have often transgressed sex and gender norms. Finally, the book will explore the influence of a queer sensibility, queer aesthetic(s), and queer sub-cultural styles on fashion over the past century"--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 233-243).
650 0 $aFashion design$xHistory.
650 0 $aFashion designers$vBiography.
650 0 $aGay men$vBiography.
650 0 $aClothing and dress$xPsychological aspects.
650 7 $aDESIGN / Fashion.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aDESIGN / Textile & Costume.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Gay Studies.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aART / Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions / Group Shows.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aDESIGN / History & Criticism.$2bisacsh
700 1 $aSteele, Valerie.