Fashion and Everyday Life London and New York, 1890-2010

Taking cultural theorist Michel de Certeau's notion of 'the everyday' as a critical starting point, this book considers how fashion shapes and is shaped by everyday life. Looking historically for the imprint of fashion within everyday routines such as going to work or shopping, or in leisure activities like dancing, the book identifies the 'fashion system of the ordinary', in which clothing has a distinct role in the 'making' of self and identity.

Exploring the period from 1890 to 2010, the study is located in London and New York, cities that are presented as socially, ethnically and culturally diverse, as well as increasingly fashionable. The book re-focuses fashion discourse away from well-trodden, power-laden dynamics, towards a re-evaluation of time, memory, and above all history, and their relationship to fashion and everyday life. The importance of place and space - and issues of gender, race and social class - provides the broader framework, revealing fashion as both routine and exceptional, and as an increasingly significant part of urban life.

By focusing on key themes such as clothing the city, what is worn on the streets, the imagining and performing of multiple identities by dressing up and down, going out, and showing off, Fashion and Everyday Life makes a unique contribution to the literature of fashion studies, fashion history, cultural studies, and beyond.

Cheryl Buckley is Professor of Fashion and Design History at the Unviersity of Brighton, UK

Hazel Clark is Professor of Design Studies and Fashion Studies, and Research Chair of Fashion, at Parsons School of Design, The New School, USA

Introduction

Chapter 1: London and New York: Clothing the City
Chapter 2: Street Walking
Chapter 3: Dreams to Reality
Chapter 4: Dressing Up
Chapter 5: Dressing Down
Chapter 6: Going Out
Chapter 7: Showing Off

Notes
Bibliography

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