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Fashion and celebrity culture

Title
Fashion and celebrity culture [electronic resource] / Pamela Church Gibson.
Author
Gibson, Pamela Church.
Publication
London ; New York : Berg, 2012.

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Description
1 online resource (xii, 288 p., [24] p. of plates) : ill. (some col.)
Uniform Title
Fashion and celebrity culture (Online)
Alternative Title
Fashion and celebrity culture (Online)
Subject
  • Fashion
  • Celebrities
  • Culture and globalization
  • Celebrities in mass media
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-273) and index.
Access (note)
  • Access restricted to authorized users.
Contents
Introduction, rationale, context -- Celebrity and fashion, past and present -- Part I. Fashion and film. Film stars as fashion icons -- Changes in cinematic culture: some celebrity cover girls -- 'Fashion films': from Prêt-à-porter to A single man -- Sex and the city: from small screen to big screen -- Part II. Fashion media and culture. The changing face(s) of the fashion magazine and the new media landscape -- Contemporary television: so many celebrities, so little fashion? -- Music and fashion forge links -- Artists, celebrity and fashion: from Wilde and Warhol to Taylor-Wood -- Part III. Fashion gone global. Designers and models become brands -- Other continents, other celebrities, other fashions -- Concluding thoughts: folklore, fallibility, the future.
LCCN
2013432912
OCLC
ssj0001037006
Author
Gibson, Pamela Church.
Title
Fashion and celebrity culture [electronic resource] / Pamela Church Gibson.
Imprint
London ; New York : Berg, 2012.
Edition
English ed.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-273) and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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Available onsite at NYPL
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