British Fashion Design: Rag Trade or Image Industry?

by Angela McRobbie

British Fashion Design explores the tensions between fashion as art form, and the demands of a ruthlessly commercial industry. Based on interviews and research conducted over a number of years, Angela McRobbie charts the flow of art school fashion graduates into the industry; their attempts to reconcile training with practice, and their precarious position between the twin supports of the education system and the commercial sector. Stressing the social...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415057817
• ISBN13: 9780415057813
• Release Date: November 1998
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 9.2"