Research Catalog

Title

1920s jazz age fashion & photographs / Martin Pel ; with contributions by Terence Pepper and Dennis Nothdruft ; new photography by Tessa Hallmann.

Author

Pel, Martin

Publication

• London : Unicorn : in association with Fashion and Textile Museum, [2016]
• ©2016

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Holdings

Details

Additional Authors

• Pepper, Terence
• Nothdruft, Dennis
• Hallmann, Tessa
• Fashion and Textile Museum, host institution.

Description

159 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits; 28 cm

Summary

• "Jazz Age Fashion focuses on women's clothing of the period, although not exclusively, whilst the introductory text will examine the social, political and cultural influences of the period setting into context the fashion of the period. Characterised by exuberance and optimism, the jazz age was a symptom of the end of the Great War and and the birth of America as a new world power. It was a period of unprecedented social change for women who were, for the first time in history, given the vote on a par with men (1920 USA, 1928 Britain). The birth of Modernity in the 1920s established women's lives as 'active' and fashion reflected and celebrated these new social roles. A new 'boyish' silhouette, la garconne, became the look for women of the twenties with a gradual acceptance of trousers as fashionable dress. The passive sun bathing became the active swimming, and companies such as Jantzen recognised these changes creating the'speed suit' for women. The 1920s saw technology and innovative textiles, with the introduction of the artificial silk rayon and the zipper, contributing to an easier approach to fashionable dress.Some of the greatest couturiers were working in Britain and France in this period - Chanel, Patou, Lucile, Lanvin, Vionnet, Hartnell, Molynuex.In America Hollywood stars such as Clara Bow and Louise Brooks brought the New Woman to millions of women across the world and Hollywood became a major influence on all fashion, from department stores to couturiers, disseminating these new looks to previously untapped markets"--Publisher's description.
• "1920s Jazz age fashion & photographs celebrates haute couture, ready-to-wear and mass-market fashion in America, Britain and France from 1919 to 1929. Richly illustrated with specially commissioned photography, this book examines the social, political and cultural influences of the period through the narrative's of jazz's aesthetic and atittue, featuring fashion from couture to the department store and the iconic photography of James Abbe, whose imagery captured the jazz age"-- Jacket.

Alternative Title

Nineteen twenties jazz age fashion and photographs

Subject

• 1900-1999
• Nineteen twenties > Exhibitions
• Fashion > History > 20th century > Exhibitions
• Jazz > Exhibitions
• Fashion photography > Exhibitions
• Fashion
• Fashion photography
• Jazz
• Nineteen twenties

Genre/Form

• History
• Exhibition catalogs
• History.

Note

• Book accompanied the exhibition held at the Fashion and Textile Museum, London, 23 September 2016 -- 15 January 2017.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Machine generated contents note: Anything Goes: 1919 -- 25 -- Design For Jivin': 1925 -- 29 -- James Abbe Photographer of the Jazz Age Terence Pepper -- Fashion Plates From the Collection of Mark and Cleo Butterfield.

ISBN

• 9781910787281
• 1910787280

OCLC

957507425

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library