Pret-a-Porter, Paris and Women : A Cultural Study of French Readymade Fashion, 1945-68 (Paperback)

List of Illustrations 1. Introduction 2. Critiquing the Everyday: Pret-a-Porter, Paris and Women in Magazines, 1945-1968 3. Branding Pret-a-Porter in the Fourth Republic (1946-1958): Modernisation, Cultural Diplomacy and Industry Debates 4. Displaying Industrial Modernity in 1950s Elle: Readymade Dress, Rational Space and Women 5. Negotiating the Avant-Garde in the 1960s: Stylisme, Industry Debates and Restless Images 6. Expanding the Urban Fabric in the 1960s: Redefined Bodies, Dress and City Space 7. Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index