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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Nancy Deihl (New York University, USA)Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Imprint: Bloomsbury Visual Arts Weight: 0.596kg ISBN: 9781350104075ISBN 10: 1350104078 Pages: 272 Publication Date: 24 July 2019 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsList of Illustrations List of Contributors Introduction, Nancy Deihl I. Design Innovators 1. Jessie Franklin Turner: An Intimate Affair, Jan Glier Reeder 2. Virginia Woods Bellamy: The Poet as Knitter, Ann W. Braaten and Susan M. Strawn 3. Tina Leser: Global Vision, April Calahan 4. Sandra Garratt: Modular Clothing, Daniel James Cole II. Developing an Industry 5. Marion McCoy and Pauline Fracchia: Mid-20th-century Originators, Jean L. Parsons and Sara B. Marcketti 6. Fira Benenson: The People's Countess, Michael Mamp 7. Helen Lee and Suzanne Godart: Chic For Children, Jennifer Farley Gordon and Sara B. Marcketti 8. Nicki Catherine Scott Ladany: Chicago's Empress of Fashion, Adam MacPharlain 9. Jean Wright: the real Lilli Ann, Hannah Schiff 10. Mollie Parnis: Tastemaker, Annette Becker 11. Elizabeth Libby Payne: Designing for Mrs. Main Street America, Caroline A. Surrarrer and Catherine Amoroso Leslie 12. Ruth Finley's Fashion Calendar, Natalie Nudell III. Hollywood, Broadway, and Seventh Avenue 13. Viola Dimmitt: Los Angeles Entrepreneur, Shelly Foote 14. Kiviette: Star Performer, Dilia Lopez-Gydosh 15. Zelda Wynn Valdes: Uptown Modiste, Nancy Deihl 16. Vicky Tiel: A Couturiere in Paris, Lourdes Font Bibliography IndexReviewsWith copious notes, a few photos, and lengthy bibliographies following every chapter, this volume is especially useful for fashion historians and others who want to know more about the industry in the 20th century-and the women who helped it grow. * Library Journal * This excellent collection of biographical essays provides exceptional insight into the development of the fashion industry, and the designers who have toiled in anonymity to dress the American public. -- Jean Druesedow, Kent State University, USA These unique, previously untold stories of eighteen American women offer readers an unprecedented insight into the world of fashion in the 20th century. This inspiring collection will surely motivate scholars to follow in the footsteps of these authors. -- Patricia A. Cunningham, The Ohio State University, USA This welcome volume focuses on the contributions of little-known but influential designers, an important step in adding greater depth to the complex and compelling story of American fashion. -- Kristina Haughland, Curator of Costume & Textiles, Philadelphia Museum of Art With copious notes, a few photos, and lengthy bibliographies following every chapter, this volume is especially useful for fashion historians and others who want to know more about the industry in the 20th century-and the women who helped it grow. * Library Journal * What will likely make [this] an invaluable resource for fashion historians and students, is not only the fact that under-valued female designers receive recognition, but also that the chapters highlight the interrelationships of some of America's most prominent fashion professionals ... Sixteen excellent chapters [are] all rooted in an exceptional use of primary sources including museum garment collections, trade periodicals, archive materials, and original interviews with key individuals ... These books are exceptional collections of essays, timely in their arrival and inspirational in terms of the continued broadening scope of work to be done on US and global fashion. * Journal of Design History (joint-reviewed with The Fashion Forecasters) * This excellent collection of biographical essays provides exceptional insight into the development of the fashion industry, and the designers who have toiled in anonymity to dress the American public. -- Jean Druesedow, Kent State University, USA These unique, previously untold stories of eighteen American women offer readers an unprecedented insight into the world of fashion in the 20th century. This inspiring collection will surely motivate scholars to follow in the footsteps of these authors. -- Patricia A. Cunningham, The Ohio State University, USA This welcome volume focuses on the contributions of little-known but influential designers, an important step in adding greater depth to the complex and compelling story of American fashion. -- Kristina Haughland, Curator of Costume & Textiles, Philadelphia Museum of Art Author InformationNancy Deihl is Director of the Costume Studies MA program at New York University, USA, specializing in the history of fashion and textiles from 1850 to the present. Deihl is co-author, with Daniel James Cole, of The History of Modern Fashion (2015). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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