African fashion, global style : histories, innovations, and ideas you can wear / / Victoria L. Rovine

• Autore: Rovine Victoria
• Pubblicazione: Bloomington, Indiana : , : Indiana University Press, , 2015; ©2015
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (328 p.)
• Disciplina: 746.92096
• Soggetto topico: African expressive cultures; Fashion - Africa; Clothing and dress - Africa; Clothing and dress - African influences
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction : fashion matters -- Indigenous fashion : embroidery and innovation in Mali -- Nubia in Paris : African style in French fashion -- Reinventing local forms : African fashion, indigenous style -- Conceptual fashion : evocations of Africa -- Fashion design in South Africa : histories and industries -- Conclusion : what fashion shows.
• Sommario/riassunto: African Fashion, Global Style provides a lively look at fashion, international networks of style, material culture, and the world of African aesthetic expression. Victoria L. Rovine introduces fashion designers whose work reflects African histories and cultures both conceptually and stylistically, and demonstrates that dress styles associated with indigenous cultures may have all the hallmarks of high fashion. Taking readers into the complexities of influence and inspiration manifested through fashion, this book highlights the visually appealing, widely accessible, and highly adaptable styles
• Titolo autorizzato: African fashion, global style
• ISBN: 0-253-01413-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910787005703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: African expressive cultures.