Fashion and war in popular culture
Publisher: Bristol Intellect 2014Description: 200 pages 24 cm pbkContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volume001: 42925Subject(s): Fashion | Military uniforms | Popular cultureDDC classification: 391.009044 RAL LOC classification: GT511Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Aside from the occasional nod to epaulets or use of camouflage, war and fashion seem to be strange partners. Not so, argue the contributors to this book, who connect military industrial practices as well as military dress to textile and clothing in new ways. For instance, the book includes a series of commentaries on the impact of military dress in the airline industry, in illustrated wartime comics, and even considers today's muscled soldier's body as a new type of uniform. Elsewhere, the impacts of conquest introduce a new set of postcolonial aesthetics; this is because military and colonial regimes disrupted local textile production and garment making. It also argues that textiles and fashion are important because they reflect a core practice, one that bridges textile artists and designers in an expressive, creative, and deeply physical way to matters of cultural significance.
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