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Costume and History in Highland Ecuador
The traditional costumes worn by people in the Andes-women's
woolen skirts, men's ponchos, woven belts, and white felt
hats-instantly identify them as natives of the region and serve as
revealing markers of ethnicity, social class, gender, age, and so
on. Because costume expresses so much, scholars study it to learn
how the indigenous people of the Andes have identified themselves
over time, as well as how others have identified and influenced
them.
Costume and History in Highland Ecuador assembles for
the first time for any Andean country the evidence for indigenous
costume from the entire chronological range of prehistory and
history. The contributors glean a remarkable amount of information
from pre-Hispanic ceramics and textile tools, archaeological
textiles from the Inca empire in Peru, written accounts from the
colonial period, nineteenth-century European-style pictorial
representations, and twentieth-century textiles in museum
collections. Their findings reveal that several garments introduced
by the Incas, including men's tunics and women's wrapped dresses,
shawls, and belts, had a remarkable longevity. They also
demonstrate that the hybrid poncho from Chile and the rebozo from
Mexico diffused in South America during the colonial period, and
that the development of the rebozo in particular was more
interesting and complex than has previously been suggested. The
adoption of Spanish garments such as the pollera (skirt)
and man's shirt were also less straightforward and of more recent
vintage than might be expected.
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Looking at fashion : a guide to terms, styles, and techniques
\"This illustrated guide offers accessible, concise explanations of key fashion terms and describes and explains the most essential components of garments and techniques of clothing construction\"-- Provided by publisher.
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Japanese Fashion Cultures
Blurb: From Rococo to Edwardian fashions, Japanese street style has reinvented many western dress styles, reinterpreting and altering their meanings and messages in a different cultural and historical context. This wide ranging and original study reveals the complex exchange of styles and what they represent in Japan and beyond, contesting common perceptions of gender in Japanese dress and the notion that non-western fashions simply imitate western styles. Through case studies focussing on fashion image consumption in style tribes such as Kamikaze Girls, Lolita, Edwardian, Ivy Style, Victorian, Romantic and Kawaii, this ground-breaking book investigates the complexities of dress and gender and demonstrates the flexible nature of contemporary fashion and style exchange in a global context. Japanese Fashion Cultures will appeal to students and scholars of fashion, cultural studies, gender studies, media studies and related fields.
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Ottoman dress & design in the West : a visual history of cultural exchange
Ottoman Dress and Design in the West is a richly illustrated exploration of the relationship between West and Near East through the visual culture of dress. Charlotte Jirousek examines the history of dress and fashion in the broader context of western relationships with the Mediterranean world from the dawn of Islam through the end of the twentieth century. The significance of dress is made apparent by the author's careful attention to its political, economic, and cultural context. The reader comes to understand that dress reflects not simply the self and one's relation to community but also that community's relation to a wider world through trade, colonization, religion, and technology. The chapters provide broad historical background on Ottoman influence and European exoticization of that influence, while the captions and illustrations provide detailed studies of illuminations, paintings, and sculptures to show how these influences were absorbed into everyday living. Through the medium of dress, Jirousek details a continually shifting Ottoman frontier that is closely tied to European and American history. In doing so, she explores and celebrates an essential source of influence that for too long has been relegated to the periphery.
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The Dictionary of Fashion History
First published in 1960, A Dictionary of English Costume was monumental in scope, providing a comprehensive catalogue of fashion terms from 900 to 1900. The Dictionary of Fashion History completely updates this landmark work to bring it up to the present day.
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Draping Period Costumes: Classical Greek to Victorian
One way of creating a theatrical costume is called flat patterning. This is when a costume designer uses a pattern made to the wearer's measurements to cut out and sew together a costume. In many cases flat patterning is the more appropriate method for creating a period costume - skirts, pants, and sleeves, for example. However, working in two-dimensions often does not translate correctly onto a three-dimensional dress form or person. Often a designer will need to tweak style lines on a garment once they see it worn, or a costume will need a quick adjustment right before going on stage. In those cases, designers need to know how to correctly drape a costume. Draping is also the best way to construct a period costume right from the start. The construction of garments in earlier centuries often constricted movement, especially in the area of the armhole. The very different size and proportions of contemporary people compared to those in previous centuries makes the use of period patterns difficult. A well-draped garment can give the impression of period accuracy while permitting the wearer greater freedom of movement. Having a mock-up pinned to the form in its early stages is quicker and easier to adapt than drafting a flat pattern, cutting it out of muslin and sewing it. It also provides the opportunity for greater creativity and adaptation as well as a better understanding of what fabric will and won't do.
In Draping Period Costumes, Sharon Sobel explains in step-by-step detail the basics of draping and demonstrates the use of those basic skills in the creation of a representative selection of period costumes from a variety of time periods. Chapters are broken into time periods and have two parts: an analysis of how clothing was made and worn during that specific time period, and detailed instruction on draping techniques to construct the costume. Copiously illustrated, images allow this visual audience to easily follow along with detailed instruc
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