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Petrov, Julia,

Fashion, history, museums : inventing the display of dress / Julia Petrov. - London : Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2021. - xiii, 229 p. : ill. (some color) ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 206-226) and index.

Foundation garments: precedents for fashion history exhibitions in museums -- Window shopping: commercial inspiration for fashion in the museum -- The new objectivity: social science methods for the display of dress -- Intervisuality: displaying fashion as art -- Tableaux vivants: The influence of theater -- The body in the gallery: revivifying historical fashion -- The way of all flesh: displaying the historicity of historical fashion -- The new look: contemporary trends in fashion exhibitions.

ISBN: 9781350229662 9781350048997 1350048992

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Fashion--Exhibitions--History.
Fashion--Social aspects--History.
Museum exhibits--History.--North America
Museum exhibits--History.--Great Britain

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
History.

LC Class. No.: TT502 / .P47 2019

Dewey Class. No.: 391.0074 / P497