Hollywood Before Glamour Fashion in American Silent Film

This exploration of fashion in American silent film offers fresh perspectives on the era preceding the studio system, and the evolution of Hollywood's distinctive brand of glamour. By the 1910s, the moving image was an integral part of everyday life and communicated fascinating, but as yet un-investigated, ideas and ideals about fashionable dress.

MICHELLE TOLINI FINAMORE is Curatorial Research Associate at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts. She recently completed her PhD at the Bard Graduate Centre for Studies in Decorative Arts, Design and Material Culture and is author of Jewellery by Artists: In the Studio, 1940-2000 (with Kelly L'Ecuyer, MFA Publications, 2010), American editor of the A-Z of Fashion Design (Laurence King Publishing, 2008) and has published articles in journals such as Fashion Theory and Nineteenth-Century Art Worldwide.

List of Figures and IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionThe Working Girl and the Fashionable Libertine: Fashion and Film in the Progressive Era, 1900-1915World War I and 'American' Design In Fashion and Film 'Goddesses in the Machine': The Fashion Show on Film 'Costumes' And Gowns: The Rise of the Specialist Costume DesignerPeggy Hamilton: Queen of Filmland FashionConclusion: The Birth of Hollywood GlamourAppendix A. Filmographies for Lucile and Peggy HamiltonBibliography