The way we look : dress and aesthetics /
DeLong, Marilyn Revell, 1939-
The way we look : dress and aesthetics / Marilyn Revell DeLong. - 2nd edition. - New York : Fairchild, 1998. - xvii, 350 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Previous ed.: 1987.
Includes bibliographical references, glossary and index.
The author looks at such topics as aesthetic response to clothing, form and meaning in fashion, the apparel-body-construct and the body as a structure. Examples are given in words and photographs, from Western catwalks to traditional dress from Asia and Africa.
1563670712
Costume design--Philosophy.
Clothing and dress--Cross-cultural studies.
The way we look : dress and aesthetics / Marilyn Revell DeLong. - 2nd edition. - New York : Fairchild, 1998. - xvii, 350 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Previous ed.: 1987.
Includes bibliographical references, glossary and index.
The author looks at such topics as aesthetic response to clothing, form and meaning in fashion, the apparel-body-construct and the body as a structure. Examples are given in words and photographs, from Western catwalks to traditional dress from Asia and Africa.
1563670712
Costume design--Philosophy.
Clothing and dress--Cross-cultural studies.