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Modest Fashion Reina Lewis (London College of Fashion, UK)

Modest Fashion By Reina Lewis (London College of Fashion, UK)

Modest Fashion by Reina Lewis (London College of Fashion, UK)


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Summary

Modest dressing, both secular and religious, is a growing trend across the world. This book examines the growing number of women who, for reasons of religion, faith or personal preference, decide to cover their bodies and dress in a way that satisfies their spiritual and stylistic requirements.

Modest Fashion Summary

Modest Fashion: Styling Bodies, Mediating Faith by Reina Lewis (London College of Fashion, UK)

Increasing numbers of women are engaging in the development and discussion of modest dressing; a movement matched by a growing media and popular demand for intelligent commentary about the topic. Modest Fashion sets out to meet that need.As a trend, modest dressing is spreading across the world, yet it is rarely viewed as 'fashion'. Studying consumers and producers, retailers and bloggers, Modest Fashion provides an up to the minute account of the art of dressing modestly - and fashionably.Leading scholars in the area, along with journalists, fashion designers, entrepreneurs and bloggers discuss the emergence of a niche market for modest fashion among and between Jewish, Christian and Muslim faith groups as well as secular dressers. Crossing creeds and cultures, analysing commentary alongside commerce, the book probes the personal and the political as well as religious, aesthetic and economic implications of contemporary dress practices and the debates that surround them.

Modest Fashion Reviews

'This is a wonderful discussion of new configurations of modest fashions in the contemporary world, with contributors from academia, business and the media. Focusing on the interrelationships among fashion production and consumption practices of Christian, Jewish and Muslim faith groups, this book is a constant delight.' Ozlem Sandykcy, Bilkent University

About Reina Lewis (London College of Fashion, UK)

Reina Lewis is Centenary Professor of Cultural Studies at London College of Fashion, University of the Arts London, UK. Her books as author include Gendering Orientalism: Race, Femininity and Representation (1996), Rethinking Orientalism: Women, Travel and the Ottoman Harem(I.B.Tauris, 2004)and Re-Fashioning Orientalism: New Trends in Muslim Style (forthcoming 2014).

Table of Contents

1 Preface - Linda Woodhead 2 Introduction: Mediating Modesty - Reina Lewis Part One - Faith-based fashion and the commercially fluid boundaries of confession 3 Fashion forward and faith-tastic! Online modest fashion and the development of women as religious interpreters and intermediaries - Reina Lewis 4 'Discover the beauty of modesty': Islamic fashion online - Annelies Moors 5 Meeting through modesty: Jewish-Muslim encounters on the internet - Emma Tarlo 6 Hasidic women's fashion aesthetic and practice: the long and short of tzniuth - Barbara Goldman Carrel Part Two - Modesty without religion? Secularity, shopping and social status through appearance 7 Modest motivations: religious/secular contestation in the fashion field - Jane Cameron 8 The modesty of clothing and immodesty of religion - Daniel Miller 9 'Can we discuss this?' - Elizabeth Wilson Part Three - Manufacturing and Mediating Modesty: the industry and the press 10 Modesty regulators - punishing and rewarding women's appearances in mainstream media - Liz Hoggard 11 Insider voices, changing practices: press and industry professionals speak Index

Additional information

NLS9781780763835
9781780763835
1780763832
Modest Fashion: Styling Bodies, Mediating Faith by Reina Lewis (London College of Fashion, UK)
New
Paperback
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
2013-05-22
256
N/A
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