FashionEast
The Spectre that Haunted Socialism
- Hardcover
344 pages
- Release Date
8 October 2010
Summary
A richly illustrated, comprehensive study of fashion under socialism, from state-sponsored prototypes to unofficial imitations of Paris fashion.
The idea of fashion under socialism conjures up images of babushka headscarves and black market blue jeans. And yet, as Djurdja Bartlett shows in this groundbreaking book, the socialist East had an intimate relationship with fashion. Official antagonism—which cast fashion as frivolous and anti-revolutionary—eventually gave way to grud…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262026505 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0262026503 |
| Author: | Djurdja Bartlett |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 344 |
| Release Date: | 8 October 2010 |
| Weight: | 1.59kg |
| Dimensions: | 286mm x 197mm x 32mm |
| Series: | FashionEast |
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Critics Review
“Smartly illustrated, fascinating and provocative.” San FranciscoChronicle
A groundbreaking investigation [in which] the scope of information and analysis given is impressive. At the same time it is a readable insight into a system which profoundly affected fashion as it did every aspect of life in the Eastern Bloc—a phenomenon from our immediate past and on our doorstep which continues to fascinate.
* Selvedge *… FashionEast is a beautifully presented and seriously researched attempt to uncover how fashion worked, or didn’t work, in the 72 years of the Soviet Union and the 42 years of the Eastern Bloc…When Stepanova says in 1923 that ‘the clothing of today must be seen in action,’ we could say too that the history of clothing must also be ‘in action,’ and, as Bartlett reminds us, not merely as a frivolous sideline to main political events, but as an important reflection of them.
* ICON (UK) *FashionEast is by far, the best source on the market concerning Communist fashion.
– Heather Vaughan * Worn Through *Smartly illustrated, fascinating and provocative.
* San Francisco Chronicle *About The Author
Djurdja Bartlett
Djurdja Bartlett is a Research Fellow at London College of Fashion, University of the Arts London.
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