{"product_id":"9781350126190","title":"Prêt-à-Porter, Paris and Women A Cultural Study of French Readymade Fashion, 1945-68","description":"\u003ch3\u003eFashion: Visual \u0026amp; Material Interconnections\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003ePrêt-à-Porter, Paris and Women\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eA Cultural Study of French Readymade Fashion, 1945-68\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAlexis Romano | Rebecca Arnold\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eBusiness \u0026amp; Economics \/ Industries \/ Fashion \u0026amp; Textile Industry\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the first critical history of French ready-made fashion, Alexis Romano examines an array of cultural sources, including surviving garments, fashion magazines, film, photography and interviews, to weave together previously disparate historical narratives. The resulting volume – \u003ci\u003ePrêt-à-Porter: \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eParis and Women\u003c\/i\u003e – situates the ready-made in wider cultural discourses of art, design, urbanism, technology and international policy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThrough a close study of fashion magazines, including Vogue and Elle, Romano reveals how the French ready-made and the genre of fashion photography in France developed in tandem. Analyses of representations of space, women and prêt-à-porter in such magazines – alongside other cultural ephemera such as contemporary film, documentary photography and family photographs – demonstrate that popular conceptions of fashion and modernity shifted in the period 1945-68.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBy connecting national and personal histories, \u003ci\u003ePrêt-à-Porter: \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eParis and Women\u003c\/i\u003e reveals the importance of the ready-made to broader narratives of postwar reconstruction, national identity, gender and international dialogue.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eAlexis Romano\u003c\/b\u003e is a scholar of dress, design history and visual culture. She teaches at Parsons School of Design and is co-founder of the Fashion Research Network. She holds a PhD from the Courtauld Institute of Art and was the 2020-21 Curatorial Fellow at The Met's Costume Institute.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e11 August 2022\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Visual Arts\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781350126190\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e264\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e19.68\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63582737498252,"sku":"9781350126190","price":103.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_02c64622-2a24-4af1-9be4-9c621ce76ee3.jpg?v=1793756132","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781350126190","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}