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.
| ISBN: | 9781780763828 |
| Publication date: | 30th May 2013 |
| Author: | Reina Lewis |
| Publisher: | I.B. Tauris an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 256 pages |
| Series: | Dress Cultures |
| Genres: |
Social and cultural anthropology Material culture Cultural studies: dress and society Gender studies: women and girls Cosmetics, hair and beauty |
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.
Modest Fashion features in the following genres: Social and cultural anthropology, Material culture, Cultural studies: dress and society, Gender studies: women and girls, Cosmetics, hair and beauty
Modest Fashion is available in Hardback
Modest Fashion was written by Reina Lewis and published by I.B. Tauris an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)
Modest Fashion has 256 pages
Yes it is part of Dress Cultures series