Hatless Jack

Author : Neil Steinberg
Publisher : Granta Books (Uk)
ISBN 13 : 9781862077829
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hatless Jack written by Neil Steinberg and published by Granta Books (Uk). This book was released on 2005 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This quirky social history traces the evolution of the hat over centuries and takes a fascinating look at how JFK's refusal to wear a hat changed American style forever.

Author : Eugenia Paulicelli
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 0253026415
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Film, Fashion, and the 1960s written by Eugenia Paulicelli and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2017-09-11 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating look at one of the most experimental, volatile, and influential decades, Film, Fashion, and the 1960s, examines the numerous ways in which film and fashion intersected and affected identity expression during the era. From A Hard Day's Night to Breakfast at Tiffany's, from the works of Ingmar Bergman to Blake Edwards, the groundbreaking cinema of the 1960s often used fashion as the ultimate expression for urbanity, youth, and political (un)awareness. Crumbling hierarchies brought together previously separate cultural domains, and these blurred boundaries could be seen in unisex fashions and roles played out on the silver screen. As this volume amply demonstrates, fashion in films from Italy, France, England, Sweden, India, and the United States helped portray the rapidly changing faces of this cultural avant-gardism. This blending of fashion and film ultimately created a new aesthetic that continues to influence the fashion and media of today.

Author : Clair Hughes
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0857851608
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hats written by Clair Hughes and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-06-01 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although a hat may be designed for the purpose of practicality or aesthetics, it is part of a complex interplay of wider cultural meanings. Throughout history hats have played a significant role in expressing and revealing notions of class, gender, authority, fashion and etiquette. By examining the consumption and production of hats from the 18th century to the present day, this book explores their significance as markers of social and cultural change. Taking a thematic approach, Clair Hughes charts how headgear during the modern era has been shaped by status, gender and necessity. Using case studies such as the bowler hat, which has moved up and down classes and professions, Hughes reveals that although a hat might seem bound to its status and context, it is as susceptible to subversion and reinvention as the society which creates it. From the transition of pilots' helmets from practical headgear to fashion items, to the Slouch hat and the baseball cap, hats have responded to cultural or political movements, often becoming conscious displays of identity and social allegiance. Drawing from material and historical research as well as depictions in art, literature and film, Hughes provides a fascinating insight into hats as a visible performance of social values and culture.

Author : Ida Tomshinsky
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1479799092
Total Pages : 62 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Chronicle of Hats in Enjoyable Quotes written by Ida Tomshinsky and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2013-05-20 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a standard reference for anyone who is interested in the history of essential fashion accessory – the hat. The hats always were used to protect, to express identity, to express identity, and to attract or to influence others. Main developments in the timeline of hats from ancient past to modern present, including the phenomenon of the must-have accessory covering the top of the head.

Author : Beverly Chico
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 778 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hats and Headwear around the World written by Beverly Chico and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2013-10-03 with total page 778 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This concise encyclopedia examines headwear around the world, from ancient times to the modern era, comprising entries that address cultural significance, religion, historical events, geography, demographic and ethnic issues, fashion, and contemporary trends. Are feathers from endangered bird species still commonly used on hats? Why do many Muslim women cover their heads? How has advancing technology influenced modern headwear? This concise encyclopedia provides the answers to these questions and many more regarding headwear and human culture in its examination of headwear around the world. It examines topics from ancient times to the modern era, providing not only detailed physical descriptions and historical facts but also information that addresses cultural significance, religion, historical events, geography, demographic and ethnic issues, fashion, and contemporary trends. The entries reveal fascinating insights into headwear as historical, aesthetic, fashion, utilitarian, mystical, and symbolic apparel, and supplies comprehensive analyses of hats across the globe unavailable in the existing literature.

Author : John Townsend Trowbridge
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Chance for Himself written by John Townsend Trowbridge and published by . This book was released on 1872 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Amy K. Milligan
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 0739183664
Total Pages : 167 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hair, Headwear, and Orthodox Jewish Women written by Amy K. Milligan and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2014-09-24 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hair, Headwear, and Orthodox Jewish Women comments on hair covering based on an ethnographic study of the lives of Orthodox Jewish women in a small non-metropolitan synagogue. It brings the often overlooked stories of these women to the forefront and probes questions as to how their location in a small community affects their behavioral choices, particularly regarding the folk practice of hair covering. A kallah, or bride, makes the decision as to whether or not she will cover her hair after marriage. In doing so, she externally announces her religious affiliation, in particular her commitment to maintaining an Orthodox Jewish home. Hair covering practices are also unique to women’s traditions and point out the importance of examining the women, especially because their cultural roles may be marginalized in studies as a result of their lack of a central role in worship. This study questions their contribution to Orthodoxy as well as their concept of Jewish identity and the ways in which they negotiate this identity with ritualized and traditional behavior, ultimately bringing into question the meaning of tradition in a modern world.

Author : Karen White
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0593639049
Total Pages : 3345 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Karen White's Tradd Street: Books 1 -7 written by Karen White and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2023-04-04 with total page 3345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fall in love with Karen White's New York Times bestselling Charleston-set series featuring a psychic real estate agent with a penchant for old houses—and the secret histories inside them—in this complete e-book collection that contains all seven novels in the Tradd Street series. Melanie Middleton hates to admit she can see ghosts. But she's going to have to accept it, because as the owner of a recently inherited historic Tradd Street home in Charleston, South Carolina—complete with a housekeeper and a dog—there is a family of ghosts anxious to tell her their secrets. As she unearths the hidden secrets of the house and the mysterious spirits within the walls, she also builds a life of love, family, unexpected connections, and—as much as she tries to avoid it—danger. This collection includes the complete Tradd Street series: The House on Tradd Street The Girl on Legare Street The Strangers on Montagu Street Return to Tradd Street The Guests on South Battery The Christmas Spirits on Tradd Street The Attic on Queen Street

Author : Nicholas Storey
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1783036001
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book History of Men's Fashion written by Nicholas Storey and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2009-08-19 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Anyone aiming for timeless elegance, rather than temporary chic, will benefit from Storey’s authoritative, but readable book.” —Esquire Everything you ever wanted to know about men’s clothing—and so much more—from the exact hour Nelson lost his right eye to the type of palm needed for a Panama hat, what Cary Grant’s tailor had to do to his shoulders—and those all-important questions of what to where, when and why, including when to wear a bow tie (surely never is the only answer?). A quirky book full of facts that you never realised you needed to know, including the exact thickness of animal hair used to create must-have fashion items, including suits. Provocative, and controversial at times but always very well dressed. “Mr. Storey, a barrister, offers a compendium of correct garments for all occasions, plus the best places to bespeak them, as well as anecdotes from films, books, royalty, and the beau monde . . . He solves every quandary, from proper ‘full-fig’ (white tie) to the right (grey) topper for Ascot, to where to get and wear tweed. It is all here. Hats off.” —Country Life “Leaders of fashion all share one thing in common: a discerning penchant for the English sartorial standard. This book covers all the main areas rather well, just how Beau Brummell would have specified.” —Maxim “Pokes gentle fun at men’s fashions through the last two centuries . . . This is popular history at its very best, amusing, entertaining, enlightening, and very, very funny . . . It’s a brilliant book!” —Books Monthly

Author : José Blanco F.
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1610693108
Total Pages : 1679 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Clothing and Fashion [4 volumes] written by José Blanco F. and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2015-11-23 with total page 1679 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique four-volume encyclopedia examines the historical significance of fashion trends, revealing the social and cultural connections of clothing from the precolonial times to the present day. This sweeping overview of fashion and apparel covers several centuries of American history as seen through the lens of the clothes we wear—from the Native American moccasin to Manolo Blahnik's contribution to stiletto heels. Through four detailed volumes, this work delves into what people wore in various periods in our country's past and why—from hand-crafted family garments in the 1600s, to the rough clothing of slaves, to the sophisticated textile designs of the 21st century. More than 100 fashion experts and clothing historians pay tribute to the most notable garments, accessories, and people comprising design and fashion. The four volumes contain more than 800 alphabetical entries, with each volume representing a different era. Content includes fascinating information such as that beginning in 1619 through 1654, every man in Virginia was required to plant a number of mulberry trees to support the silk industry in England; what is known about the clothing of enslaved African Americans; and that there were regulations placed on clothing design during World War II. The set also includes color inserts that better communicate the visual impact of clothing and fashion across eras.