Pricing Beauty : the Making of a Fashion Model.
Mears, Ashley, 1980-
Pricing Beauty : the Making of a Fashion Model. - Berkeley : University of California Press, 2011. - 1 online resource (340 pages) - Authors imprint .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. Entry; Chapter 2. Economics of the Catwalk; Chapter 3. Becoming a Look; Chapter 4. The Tastemakers; Chapter 5. Size Zero High-End Ethnic; Chapter 6. Runway to Gender; Chapter 7. Exit; Appendix: The Precarious Labor of Ethnography; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z.
Sociologist Ashley Mears takes us behind the brightly lit runways and glossy advertisements of the fashion industry in this insider's study of the world of modeling. Mears, who worked as a model in New York and London, draws on observations as well as extensive interviews with male and female models, agents, clients, photographers, stylists, and others, to explore the economics and politics--and the arbitrariness-- behind the business of glamour. Exploring a largely hidden arena of cultural production, she shows how the right "look" is discovered, developed, and packaged to become a prized commo.
9780520950214 0520950216 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
22573/cttt4vm4 JSTOR 6DF44F0F-DFB4-49AD-A6A4-0EEB8DE0E968 OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com
Models (Persons)
Modeling agencies.
Fashion shows.
Mannequins (Personnes)
Agences de mannequins.
Présentations de collections (Mode)
models (people)
fashion shows.
ART--Business Aspects.
Fashion shows.
Modeling agencies.
Models (Persons)
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
HD8039.M77 M43 2011
338.4774692
Pricing Beauty : the Making of a Fashion Model. - Berkeley : University of California Press, 2011. - 1 online resource (340 pages) - Authors imprint .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. Entry; Chapter 2. Economics of the Catwalk; Chapter 3. Becoming a Look; Chapter 4. The Tastemakers; Chapter 5. Size Zero High-End Ethnic; Chapter 6. Runway to Gender; Chapter 7. Exit; Appendix: The Precarious Labor of Ethnography; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z.
Sociologist Ashley Mears takes us behind the brightly lit runways and glossy advertisements of the fashion industry in this insider's study of the world of modeling. Mears, who worked as a model in New York and London, draws on observations as well as extensive interviews with male and female models, agents, clients, photographers, stylists, and others, to explore the economics and politics--and the arbitrariness-- behind the business of glamour. Exploring a largely hidden arena of cultural production, she shows how the right "look" is discovered, developed, and packaged to become a prized commo.
9780520950214 0520950216 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
22573/cttt4vm4 JSTOR 6DF44F0F-DFB4-49AD-A6A4-0EEB8DE0E968 OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com
Models (Persons)
Modeling agencies.
Fashion shows.
Mannequins (Personnes)
Agences de mannequins.
Présentations de collections (Mode)
models (people)
fashion shows.
ART--Business Aspects.
Fashion shows.
Modeling agencies.
Models (Persons)
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
HD8039.M77 M43 2011
338.4774692