From sleepwear to sportswear how beach pajamas reshaped women's fashion / Janine D'Agati and Hannah Schiff.
| Author/creator | D'Agati, Janine |
| Other author | Schiff, Hannah. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2024. |
| Description | xiii, 256 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 25 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
| Subjects |
| Portion of title | How beach pajamas reshaped women's fashion |
| Contents | 1. Beach Pajama Origins -- 2. Beach Pajamas: 1919-27 -- 3. Beach Pajamas: 1927-39 -- 4. Beach Pajamas' Influence. |
| Abstract | "How did women begin wearing pants? Prior to the 1920s it was a rarity to see women in pants in the Western world, but as the silk pajama trouser suit moved from the boudoir to the beach in the early 1920s it cemented the image of the trousered woman. Worn by Jean Harlow and Marlene Dietrich, painted by Raoul Dufy and immortalized in F. Scott Fitzgerald's Tender is the Night, between the two world wars pajamas came to symbolize much more than sleepwear. This book explores how the pajama phenomenon was not only critical to the careers of designers such as Chanel, Patou, Poiret, and Schiaparelli, but how the versatile garment was also bound to the independence of women and influenced culture more broadly. Through meticulous research and never-before-seen images, the authors position pajama fashion in the context of the Golden Age of Travel, the rise of Hollywood, and the changing political climate of the early 20th century, to reveal how the rising trend in sleepwear influenced The American Look, modern sportswear, and the image of the trousered woman"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2023290891 |
| ISBN | 9781350231931 hardback |
| ISBN | 1350231932 |
| ISBN | 9781350231924 paperback |
| ISBN | 1350231924 |
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