Fashion writing and criticism : history, theory, practice /: history, theory, practice. (2014 copyright 2014)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Peter McNeil and Sanda Miller.
• Other Names: McNeil, Peter, 1966-; Miller, Sanda
• Contents: Machine generated contents note: -- AcknowledgementsList of illustrationsPart 1 What is Criticism?Chapter 1 IntroductionChapter 2 Aristotle and the origins of criticismChapter 3 Talking in private: the Academies and the SalonsChapter 4 Understanding Taste: The Critic as Qualified ObserverChapter 5 Charles Baudelaire: the Beginning of Fashion Criticism; The Art Critic of the Salons Chapter 6 Oscar Wilde and the apostles of aestheticism Part 2 Reporting Fashion: OverviewSnapshotsFashion and morality: Leo Tolstoy's What is Art?Paul Poiret: 'sultan of fashion' - from tradition to innovationDiana Vreeland: 'Why Don't you?' - the invention of the fashion editorChristian Dior: the 'New Look' and reporting by Carmel SnowYves Saint Laurent - a 1970s analysis of 'The couturier and his brand'What is fashion irony? Mild sarcasm or feigning ignorance?Reporting on the Japanese revolution in ParisRichard Martin as essayist: Karl Lagerfeld reworks ChanelBeing critical about 'deconstruction': theoretical approach or 'le destroy'?What is a reviewer? - and how can we recognise one?What gives Suzy Menkes the status of professional critic?ACNE Paper: the beauty of print, the splendour of the pageHow to be a 'critical' blogger: Moving beyond the PR ReleaseConclusion: where do we go from here?BibliographyIndex.
• Publisher Details: London : Bloomsbury Academic
• Publication Date: 2014
• Extent: 1 online resource (168 pages)
• Subjects: 808.06/674692; Cultural studies; Fashion writing; DESIGN / Fashion; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Journalism; DESIGN / History & Criticism; Fashion & society; History of fashion; Sociology; History of art / art & design styles; Press & journalism; Design -- Fashion; Language Arts & Disciplines -- Journalism; Design -- History & Criticism; Media studies
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780857854711; 0857854712
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