Reconstructing Italian Fashion: America and the Development of the Italian Fashion Industry

by Nicola White

Book Overview

Despite its long eclipse by Parisian couture, Italian fashion is now celebrated globally for the quality of its tailoring, fabric and design. But an Italian label was not always a yardstick for excellence. In the twenty years following the Second World War, a little known fact is that America played a key role in the development of Italy's fashion industry. More generally known is that the Marshall Plan had a formative influence on the financial and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1859733417
• ISBN13: 9781859733417
• Release Date: June 2000
• Publisher: Berg Publishers
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"