Fashion's Double: Representations of Fashion in Painting, Photography and Film

by Adam Geczy and Vicki Karaminas

Book Overview

Mere clothing is transformed into desirable fashion by the way it is represented in imagery. Fashion's Double examines how meanings are projected onto garments through their representation, whether in painting, photography, cinema or online fashion film, conveying identity and status, eliciting fascination and desire.

With in-depth case studies including the work of Nick Knight and Helmut Newton, film examples such as The Hunger...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0857857118
• ISBN13: 9780857857118
• Release Date: December 2015
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.1"