{"product_id":"9781350051133","title":"Styling Shanghai","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eStyling Shanghai\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eStyling Shanghai \u003c\/i\u003eis the first book dedicated to exploring the city's fashion cultures, examining its growing status as one of the world's foremost fashion cities. From its origins as an international treaty port in the 19th century, Shanghai has emerged as a global leader in the production, mediation and consumption of fashion. This book reveals how the material and imaginative context of this thriving urban centre has produced vivid interpretations of fashion as object, image and idea.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBringing together contributions by a range of leading international fashion historians and theorists, and drawing on extensive original research, \u003ci\u003eStyling Shanghai\u003c\/i\u003e offers an interdisciplinary analysis of the mega-city's shifting position as a fashion capital. Rooted in collaboration between leading UK, Australian and Shanghai-based institutions, it considers the impact of local and global textile manufacturing, the representation and marketing of 'Shanghai Style', bodies and gender in the 'Paris of the East', and the challenges of globalization, commercialization and digital communication in contemporary Shanghai.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A much needed and valuable contribution to a deeper understanding of Chinese fashion in the global arena.” —\u003ci\u003eSimona Segre Reinach, University of Bologna, Italy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“An absolutely vital look at the past, present and future of Shanghai as a style city. Essential reading for anyone interested in the culture and history of Chinese dress.” —\u003ci\u003eAmber Butchart, fashion historian, author and broadcaster\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eStyling Shanghai \u003c\/i\u003eis one of the best books I've read on fashion in China.” —\u003ci\u003eValerie Steele, Director and Chief Curator at the Museum at FIT, New York, USA\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Erudite and accessible, this is the first detailed account of China's foremost fashion city. Shanghai's distinct and hybrid fashion is explored here in new and exciting ways.” —\u003ci\u003ePeter McNeil (FAHA), University of Technology Sydney, Australia\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781350051133\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Bloomsbury Visual Arts","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40698588528846,"sku":"9781350051133","price":36.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_632ff0f2-823e-4104-9362-afb06ea99ccc.jpg?v=1640493031","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781350051133","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}