Title Poiret, Dior and Schiaparelli : fashion, femininity and modernity / Ilya Parkins.

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London ; New York : Berg, 2012.

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Edition	English ed.
Description	1 online resource (xii, 193 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Introduction: Fashion, femininity and modernity in designer self-fashioning -- 1. Fashion and the time of modern femininity -- 2. Paul Poiret: classic and new in the struggle for designer mastery -- 3. Elsa Schiaparelli: glamour, privacy and timelessness -- 4. Christian Dior: nostalgia and the economy of feminine beauty -- Conclusion: fashioning self, reflecting ambivalence.
Note	Print version record.
Subject	Dior, Christian.
	Schiaparelli, Elsa, 1890-1973.
	Poiret, Paul.
	Women's clothing -- Social aspects.
	Clothing and dress -- Social aspects.
	Fashion -- Social aspects.
	Feminism -- Social aspects.
	Fashion designers -- France.
	Women fashion designers -- France.
	HEALTH & FITNESS -- Beauty & Grooming.
Other Form:	Print version: Parkins, Ilya. Poiret, Dior and Schiaparelli. English ed. London ; New York : Berg, 2012 9780857853264 (DLC) 2012012690 (OCoLC)786460977
ISBN	9780857853295 (electronic bk.)
	0857853295 (electronic bk.)
	9780857853288 (electronic bk.)
	0857853287 (electronic bk.)

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