Folk Fashion

Understanding Homemade Clothes

Dr Amy Twigger Holroyd (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

256 Seiten

2020
Bloomsbury Visual Arts (Verlag)
978-1-350-15949-5 (ISBN)

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A dynamic resurgence in sewing and knitting is under way, with many people enjoying making and mending their own garments at home. However, stories abound of homemade clothes languishing at the back of the wardrobe. Amy Twigger Holroyd draws on ideas of fashion, culture and craft to explore makers' lived experiences of creating and wearing homemade clothes in a society dominated by shop-bought garments. Using the innovative metaphor of fashion as common land, Folk Fashion investigates the complex relationship between making, well-being and sustainability. Twigger Holroyd combines her own experience as a designer and knitter with first-hand accounts from folk fashion makers to explore this fascinating, yet under-examined, area of contemporary fashion culture.Looking to the future, she also considers how sewers and knitters might maximise the radical potential of their activities.

Amy Twigger Holroyd is a designer, maker, writer and researcher. Through her knitwear label, Keep & Share, she has been exploring the emerging field of fashion and sustainability since 2004. Her work has been sold and exhibited worldwide and featured in many books and publications, from Vogue to Fashion Theory. She is a Senior Lecturer in Design, Culture & Context at Nottingham Trent University.

Cast List
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1 Introducing folk fashion
Chapter 2The resurgence of folk fashion
Chapter 3Identity, connection and the fashion commons
Chapter 4Why DIY? The experience of making and wearing homemade
Chapter 5Reknitting: an experimental folk fashion practice
Chapter 6Patterns, design and creativity
Chapter 7Making the wardrobe
Chapter 8Folk fashion and the future
Bibliography
Index

Erscheinungsdatum	31.01.2020
Zusatzinfo	37 integrated bw
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	138 x 216 mm
Gewicht	322 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Design / Innenarchitektur / Mode
	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Kunstgeschichte / Kunststile
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Handarbeit / Textiles
	Sozialwissenschaften
ISBN-10	1-350-15949-2 / 1350159492
ISBN-13	978-1-350-15949-5 / 9781350159495
Zustand	Neuware