Becoming couture
Chiara Faggella
Ratgeber / Kreatives Gestalten
Beschreibung
Becoming couture is the first book to examine the history of the Italian fashion industry during the global transition brought about by the Second World War. It draws on a wide range of primary sources, some of them newly unearthed, to demonstrate that the Italian fashion industry in the Republican era continued to rely on business practices and professionals established during Fascism. Analysing changes in promotional discourses and press coverage, the book traces the shift that occurred when manufacturers were encouraged to expand their exports of accessories to include sportswear, knitwear and moda boutique. This ultimately led to the legitimisation of Italian dressmaking as creatively independent of French influences and therefore worthy of the label ‘couture’.
Kundenbewertungen
couture, Italian High Fashion Shows, Giovanni Battista Giorgini, fashion, Salvatore Ferragamo, history of dressmaking, Ente Italiano della Moda, dressmaking, Handicraft Development, Inc., Centro Italiano per la Moda di Milano, Fascist Italy, Republican Italy, post-war period, fashion intermediaries, history of fashion, Italy at Work, moda boutique