British Fashion Design; Rag Trade or Image Industry?
Editorial Reviews
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"This book extends the important work Angela McRobbie has done over the past decades in studying young women's subcultures and popular women's magazines to help feminize British cultural studies. The book is instructive not only about the struggles of young women to become 'new cultural workers' under the Thatcherite regime of enterprise culture, but also about the relative strengths and weaknesses of a type of social analysis whose growing popularity poses a challenge to disciplinary sociology."
-- Mark Jacobs, American Journal of Sociology
Book Description
From the catwalk to the high-style boutique, the common perception of the fashion industry is glamour and indulgence. Yet there is more than meets the eye in the industry known as the rag trade.
In British Fashion Design, renowned cultural critic Anglea McRobbie explores the tensions between fashion as art form and the demand of a ruthlessly commercial industry. Using interviews and research conducted over numerous years, McRobbie follows the flow of art school fashion graduates into the industry and details their attempts to reconcile training with the practical demands of business. Examining the careers of British fashion designers, notably John Galliano and Alexander McQueen, McRobbie analyzes the impact of fashion media in promoting new talent and its potential for job creation.
British Fashion Design; Rag Trade or Image Industry?
British Fashion Design; Rag Trade or Image Industry?,A. MCROBBIE,Routledge,0415057817,Art,Business / Economics / Finance,Fashion,Fashion design,Great Britain,Industries - General,International - General,Costume,Cultural studies,Industry & Industrial Studies,United Kingdom, Great Britain
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