"This provocative new survey of the past 150 years of Fashion covers everything from Haute Couture to the High Street, from Coco Chanel to Alexander McQueen. Christopher Breward explores fashion as a significant cultural force, examining the glamorous world of Vogue and advertis…
"This provocative new survey of the past 150 years of Fashion covers everything from Haute Couture to the High Street, from Coco Chanel to Alexander McQueen. Christopher Breward explores fashion as a significant cultural force, examining the glamorous world of Vogue and advertis…
An interesting and important account.' Daily Telegraph Have you ever stopped and wondered where your jeans came from? Who made them and where? Ever wondered where they end up after you donate them for recycling? Following a pair of jeans, Clothing Poverty takes the reader on a v…
Following a pair of jeans, Clothing Poverty takes the reader on a vivid around-the-world tour to reveal how clothes are manufactured and retailed, bringing to light how fast fashion and clothing recycling are interconnected. Andrew Brooks shows how recycled clothes are traded ac…
Articulations of Capital offers an accessible, grounded, yet theoretically-sophisticated account of the geographies of global production networks, value chains, and regional development in post-socialist Eastern and Central Europe. * Proposes a new theorization of global value c…
From Global Commodity and Value Chains to Global Production Networks and Beyond -- Articulation/Disarticulation and Differential Inclusion in Global Production Networks -- Towards a Conjunctural Economic Geography of Global Production Networks: Conjuncturalism, Context and Embed…
'Articulations of Capital' offers an accessible, grounded, yet theoretically-sophisticated account of the geographies of global production networks, value chains, and regional development in post-socialist Eastern and Central Europe.
A brief history of object-based research with dress artefacts -- How to read a dress artefact -- Observation -- Reflection -- Interpretation -- Case study of a yellow woollen pelisse -- Case study of a grey-blue sateen corset -- Case study of a brown velveteen and wool bodice --…
A brief history of object-based research with dress artefacts -- How to read a dress artefact -- Observation -- Reflection -- Interpretation -- Case study of a yellow woollen pelisse -- Case study of a grey-blue sateen corset -- Case study of a brown velveteen and wool bodice --…