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Fashion before plus-size : bodies, bias, and the birth of an industry Cover Image Book Book

Fashion before plus-size : bodies, bias, and the birth of an industry

Peters, Lauren Downing (author.).

Summary: "Considers what came 'before' plus-size fashion while also shedding new light on the ways that the fashion industry not only perpetuates but produces weight bias. By situating stoutwear at the confluence of mass manufacturing, beauty ideals, standardized sizing, health discourse, and consumer culture, this book exposes the flawed foundations upon which the contemporary plus-size fashion industry has been built"--

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  • ISBN: 1350172545 (Hardcover)
  • ISBN: 9781350172548 (Hardcover)
  • Physical Description: xiv, 198 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
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  • Publisher: London : Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2023.

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Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-191) and index
Formatted Contents Note: Creating consumers -- Designing for disorder -- Fitting the mind -- Parables of overweight -- The forgotten woman.

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