Swinging Sixties: Fashion in London and Beyond 1955-1970

by Jenny Lister

Book Overview

Swinging Sixties takes a new look at a revolutionary moment in 20th-century fashion. Its starting point is the publication in April 1966 of Time magazine's famous issue on London's reinvention as the new world centre of style. Forty years on, chapters by prominent authors reconsider the role played by designers, retail entrepreneurs, journalists, photographers and film-makers in promoting a new way of dressing that reverberated far beyond the British...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 185177484X
• ISBN13: 9781851774845
• Release Date: May 2006
• Publisher: Victoria & Albert Museum
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.9" x 11.9"
• Grade Range: Grade 8 to Postsecondary