{"product_id":"steele-valerie-a-queer-history-of-fashion-from-the-closet-to-the-catwalk","title":"Steele, Valerie (Editor)  - A Queer History of Fashion: From the Closet to the Catwalk","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eValerie Steele. \u003cbr\u003eA Queer History of Fashion: From the Closet to the Catwalk.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYale University Press, 2013. \u003cbr\u003eHardcover.\u003cbr\u003e248 pages. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVery good. \u003cbr\u003eMinor corner wear to dust jacket. Closed tear front cover top middle and back cover top right. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eAn unprecedented in-depth exploration of the complex interrelationship between high fashion and queer history and culture\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom Christian Dior to Yves Saint Laurent and Alexander McQueen, many of the greatest fashion designers of the past century have been gay.  Fashion and style have played an important role within the LGBTQ community, as well, even as early as the 18th century.  This provocative book looks at the history of fashion through a queer lens, examining high fashion as a site of gay cultural production and exploring the aesthetic sensibilities and unconventional dress of LGBTQ people, especially since the 1950s, to demonstrate the centrality of gay culture to the creation of modern fashion.  \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eContributions by some of the world’s most acclaimed scholars of gay history and fashion – including Christopher Breward, Shaun Cole, Vicki Karaminas, Jonathan D. Katz, Peter McNeil, and Elizabeth Wilson – investigate topics such as the context in which key designers’ lives and works form part of a broader “gay” history; the “archeology” of queer attire back to the homosexual underworld of 18th-century Europe; and the influence of LGBTQ subcultural styles from the trouser suits worn by Marlene Dietrich (which inspired Yves Saint Laurent’s “Le Smoking”) to the iconography of leather. Sumptuous illustrations include both fashion photography and archival imagery.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePublished in association with The Fashion Institute of Technology, New York\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"a-unordered-list a-nostyle a-vertical a-spacing-none detail-bullet-list\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"a-unordered-list a-nostyle a-vertical a-spacing-none detail-bullet-list\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e0300196709\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e978-0300196702\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Fenrick Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48372812382433,"sku":null,"price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0532\/3787\/4867\/files\/IMG_5836.jpg?v=1778896216","url":"https:\/\/fenrickbooks.com\/products\/steele-valerie-a-queer-history-of-fashion-from-the-closet-to-the-catwalk","provider":"Fenrick Books LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}