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Record Nr.

UNINA9910465519703321

Autore

Ingram Susan (Susan V.)

Titolo

Berliner chic [[electronic resource] ] : a locational history of Berlin fashion / / Susan Ingram and Katrina Sark

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bristol, UK, : Intellect

Chicago, IL, : University of Chicago Press, 2011

ISBN

1-283-16259-8

9786613162595

1-84150-432-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (234 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

SarkKatrina

Disciplina

391.00943/155

Soggetti

Fashion - Germany - Berlin - History

Clothing and dress - Germany - Berlin - History

Women designers - Germany - Berlin - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Preliminary Pages; Contents; List of Illustrations; Dedication; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Locating Berliner Chic; Chapter 1: Berliner Chic in Museums; Chapter 2: Berliner Chic and Historiography; Chapter 3: Berliner Chic and Photography; Chapter 4: Berliner Chic on the Silver Screen; Chapter 5: Berlin Calling: Sex and Drugs and Punk and Techno; Chapter 6: Becoming Berlin: The Flux of Corporate Luxe; Chapter 7: Conclusion - Where Fashion Lives Today, Battleground Berlin; References; Back Cover

Sommario/riassunto

Since becoming the capital of reunited Germany, Berlin has had a dose of global money and international style added to its already impressive cultural veneer. Once home to emperors and dictators, peddlers and spies, it is now a fashion showplace that attracts the young and hip. This gripping history follows Berlin chic through a host of historical eras and events, including the Nazi eradication of the primarily Jewish ready-to-wear industry, the confusion surrounding the split and reunification of the East and West, an unsuccessful effort to launch a fashion museum, and the debut of Berlin