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In an Influential Fashion: An Encyclopedia of Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Fashion Designers and Retailers Who Transformed Dress
In an Influential Fashion An Encyclopedia of Nineteenth and TwentiethCentury Fashion Designers and Retailers Who Transformed Dress Author:Ann T. Kellogg, Amy T. Peterson, Stefani Bay, Natalie Swindell The authors offer profiles of 164 fashion designers and retailers from many countries who have had the most impact on American dress and culture from the late 19th century through the year 2000. Each entry introduces a fashion personality or retailer whose influence on the industry reflected societal, political, and/or economic change. The comme... more »rcial side of fashion, neglected in most fashion encyclopedias, is explored here, with details of licensing agreements and marketing innovations not easily found elsewhere.« less