Fashion and celebrity culture / Pamela Church Gibson.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Introduction, rationale, context -- 2. Celebrity and fashion, past and present -- Part I. Fashion and Film: 3. Film stars as fashion icons; 4. Changes in cinematic culture: some celebrity cover girls; 5. 'Fashion films': from Prêt-à-porter to A single man; 6. Sex and the city: from small screen to big screen -- Part II. Fashion Media and Culture: 7. The changing face(s) of the fashion magazine and the new media landscape; 8. Contemporary television: so many celebrities, so little fashion?; 9. Music and fashion forge links; 10. Artists, celebrity and fashion: from Wilde and Warhol to Taylor-Wood -- Part III. Fashion Gone Global: 11. Designers and models become brands; 12. Other continents, other celebrities, other fashions; 13. Concluding thoughts: folklore, fallibility, the future.

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The interrelationship between fashion and celebrity is now a salient and pervasive feature of the media world. This accessible text presents the first in-depth study of the phenomenon, assessing the degree to which celebrity culture has reshaped the fashion system. Fashion and Celebrity Culture critically examines the history of this relationship from its growth in the nineteenth century to its mutation during the twentieth century to the dramatic changes that have befallen it in the last two decades. It addresses the fashion-celebrity nexus as it plays itself out across mainstream cinema, tel.

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