Red, white, and blue on the runway the 1968 White House fashion show and the politics of American style
"On February 29, 1968, the White House hosted its first--and only--fashion show. At the time, the patriotic event was lauded by the press, and many predicted it would become an annual occasion, especially since fashion had grown to become the fourth largest industry in the United States, employ...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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Kent, Ohio
The Kent State University Press
2022
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| Schriftenreihe: | Costume Society of America
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| Schlagworte: |
1900-1999
> Fashion shows
> History
> Political aspects
> Fashion
> Clothing and dress
> Nineteen sixties
> Social aspects
> Fashion ; Political aspects
> Présentations de collections (Mode) - Washington (D.C.) - Histoire
> Présentations de collections (Mode) - Aspect politique - Washington (D.C.)
> Années soixante (Vingtième siècle) - Aspect social
> Fashion - Political aspects
> Politics and government
> United States
> États-Unis - Politique et gouvernement - 1963-1969
> Washington (D.C.)
> Weißes Haus
> Modeschau
> Geschichte 1968
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | "On February 29, 1968, the White House hosted its first--and only--fashion show. At the time, the patriotic event was lauded by the press, and many predicted it would become an annual occasion, especially since fashion had grown to become the fourth largest industry in the United States, employing 1.4 million Americans, more than 80 percent of them women. But the social and political turmoil of that particular year--from the Vietnam War, the civil rights movement, and the assassinations of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Sen. Robert F. Kennedy--cast a shadow over the festivities. Using eyewitness accounts as well as carefully preserved records, artifacts, and previously unpublished images, Red, White, and Blue on the Runway re-creates the once-in-a-lifetime event and explores the reasons why the first White House fashion show was destined to be the last. The politics of fashion touched everyone involved in this landmark occasion in American fashion history, from hostess Lady Bird Johnson and the Johnson daughters to the designers, including Bill Blass, Mollie Parnis, Geoffrey Beene, and Oscar de la Renta, as well as the models and guests. Those guests included the wives of governors and of President Johnson's Cabinet, in addition to dozens of fashion designers and prominent journalists who reported on the event. In our own turbulent political climate, Red, White, and Blue on the Runway takes us back to an equally tense time, providing a unique historical perspective on themes of fashion, politics, protest, and image-making that are immediately relevant today" -- Kent State University Press |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 160-162) and index |
| Beschreibung: | ix, 171 pages illustrations (some color), portraits 26 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781606354322 978-1-60635-432-2 1606354329 1-60635-432-9 |