Spacewear : weightlessness and the final frontier of fashion /: weightlessness and the final frontier of fashion. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Barbara Brownie.
• Authors: Brownie, Barbara
• Contents: List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: The final frontier of fashionChapter 1: Space Style The First Space Race The Commercial Space Age The Art and Design Legacy of the Space Age Chapter 2: Weightlessness on (and above) the catwalk Suspension and rigged displays Floating fashion Free-falling fashion modelsChapter 3: Commercial Spacewear Form, function, and fantasy Suiting the space tourist Off-the-shelf and out-of-this-worldChapter 4: The Clothed Body in Microgravity 'One small step': Movement in microgravity Posture, shape and the weightless body Drape in weightlessnessConclusion: Designing post-gravity fashionGlossaryNotesBibliographyIndex.
• Publisher Details: London : Bloomsbury Visual Arts
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 629.4772; Textile design & theory; Space suits; Space tourism; Space flight; Space travelers -- Clothing -- Design; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Engineering (General); Popular astronomy & space; Design -- Fashion; Design -- Textile & Costume; Science -- Space Science; Art -- Film & Video; Fashion design & theory; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781350000346; 1350000345
• Related ISBNs: 9781350000322
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, Nov. 12, 2018).; Note: Vendor-supplied metadata.
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