Fashion and Orientalism: Dress, Textiles and Culture from the 17th to the 21st Century

by Adam Geczy

Book Overview

Orientalism is a central factor within the fashion system, both subtle and overt. In this timely and groundbreaking book, the author shows the extent of the influence that the Orient had, and continues to have, on fashion.

Our concept of Western fashion is unthinkable without it, whether in terms of the growth of the cotton industry or of garments we take for granted, such as the dressing gown. From pre-modern to contemporary times, this...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1847885993
• ISBN13: 9781847885999
• Release Date: February 2013
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"