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Author Mears, Ashley, 1980-

Title Pricing beauty : the making of a fashion model / Ashley Mears.

Publication Info. Berkeley : University of California Press, [2011]
©2011

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 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  338.4774 MEARS    Check Shelf
Description xiii, 305 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-295) and index.
Summary A sociologist and former model draws on personal experiences and interviews with industry insiders to examine the economics, politics and arbitrariness of the glamor business.
Contents Entry -- Economics of the catwalk -- Becoming a look -- The tastemakers -- Size zero high-end ethnic -- Runway to gender -- Exit.
Subject Models (Persons)
Modeling agencies.
Fashion shows.
ISBN 9780520260337 cloth alkaline paper
0520260333 cloth alkaline paper
9780520270763 paperback alkaline paper
0520270762 paperback alkaline paper
Standard No. 3647955
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