The swimsuit : fashion from poolside to catwalk / Christine Schmidt.
ISBN:
9780857851246
Title:
The swimsuit : fashion from poolside to catwalk / Christine Schmidt.
Author:
Schmidt, Christine (Christine Margaret), 1958-
Personal Author:
Edition:
English ed.
Publication Information:
London : Berg, 2012.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xi, 163 pages) : illustrations
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: 1.A Template for New World Fashion -- 2. Testing the Waters: Morality and Undressing the Body -- Revelations -- Decent Exposure: Unisex Style -- Peepholes to the Future -- Spreading the Image: Let me Hear your Body Talk -- Prohibition in the Noughties -- 3. Show and Tell: Popularizing the Swimsuit -- Vaudeville and Mass Urban Entertainment -- Silent Movies -- Hollywood Active Glamour -- Twenty-first Century: Small Screen and Real-world Mermaids -- 4. Body Business: Beauty Made to Measure -- Measuring up to the Classical Ideal -- Training the Body -- Contesting Beauty -- The Cult of the Body -- 5. Going for Gold: Sport and Fashion -- Daughters of the Gods -- Speed on in your Speedos -- National Heroes and Celebrity Athletes -- 6. Shaping Up: The History and Development of the Swimsuit's Integration into the Fashion Industry -- Splash Makers -- Fashion Casts its Net -- Designed in Australia -- Made Here and There.
Note continued: Riding the Wave of Popularity into the Twenty-first Century -- Speedo and AussieBum: Imprinting the Male Body -- The Aussie Cossie as Reference Point: Water Baby -- 7. Branded Nation: A Place in the Sun -- Gold (Plated) Coast: Glitz, Glamour, Sunshine and the Luxury of Leisure -- Bombora: Surfing into Fashion -- Nation Branding and Fashion.
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Format:
Electronic Resources
Publication Date:
2012
Publication Information:
London : Berg, 2012.