Modest fashion : styling bodies, mediating faith / edited by Reina Lewis.
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TextSeries: Dress culturesPublisher: London : I.B. Tauris, 2013Description: xx, 232 pages : illustrationsContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780857722256 (ebook)Subject(s): Women's clothing -- Symbolic aspects | Clothing and dress -- Religious aspects | Modesty | Fashion | Society | Cultural studies: customs & traditions | Material culture | Gender studies: women & girls | Social groups: religious groups & communities | Social & cultural anthropology | Cultural studies: fashion & societyGenre/Form: Online access: Click here to access online Also available in printed form ISBN 9781780763828Summary: 'Modest Dressing' studies and addresses both the consumers and the producers of modern clothing. It examines the growing number of women who, for reasons of religion, faith or personal preference, decide to cover their bodies and dress in a way that satisfies their spiritual and stylistic requirements. Increasing numbers of women are engaging in the development and discussion of modest dressing; a movement matched by a growing media and popular demand for intelligent commentary about the topic. Modest Fashion sets out to meet that need. As a trend, modest dressing is spreading across the world, yet it is rarely viewed as 'fashion'. Studying consumers and producers, retailers and bloggers, Modest Fashion provides an up to the minute account of the art of dressing modestly - and fashionably. Leading scholars in the area, along with journalists, fashion designers, entrepreneurs and bloggers discuss the emergence of a niche market for modest fashion among and between Jewish, Christian and Muslim faith groups as well as secular dressers. Crossing creeds and cultures, analysing commentary alongside commerce, the book probes the personal and the political as well as religious, aesthetic and economic implications of contemporary dress practices and the debates that surround them.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
'Modest Dressing' studies and addresses both the consumers and the producers of modern clothing. It examines the growing number of women who, for reasons of religion, faith or personal preference, decide to cover their bodies and dress in a way that satisfies their spiritual and stylistic requirements. Increasing numbers of women are engaging in the development and discussion of modest dressing; a movement matched by a growing media and popular demand for intelligent commentary about the topic. Modest Fashion sets out to meet that need. As a trend, modest dressing is spreading across the world, yet it is rarely viewed as 'fashion'. Studying consumers and producers, retailers and bloggers, Modest Fashion provides an up to the minute account of the art of dressing modestly - and fashionably. Leading scholars in the area, along with journalists, fashion designers, entrepreneurs and bloggers discuss the emergence of a niche market for modest fashion among and between Jewish, Christian and Muslim faith groups as well as secular dressers. Crossing creeds and cultures, analysing commentary alongside commerce, the book probes the personal and the political as well as religious, aesthetic and economic implications of contemporary dress practices and the debates that surround them.
Also available in printed form ISBN 9781780763828
Electronic reproduction. Askews and Holts. Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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