Lemire, Beverly and Riello, Giorgio (2008) East & west : textiles and fashion in early modern Europe. Journal of Social History, Vol.41 (No.4). pp. 887-916. doi:10.1353/jsh.0.0019 ISSN 0022-4529.

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Abstract

What is the origin and essence of fashion? This question has engaged scholars of various disciplines over the past decades, most of whom approach this subject with a Western or European focus. This paper argues instead that Asia was also pivotal in the articulation of the fashion system in Europe. The long interaction between these regions of the world initiated profound changes that included the iteration of the early modem fashion system. Silk and later printed cotton textiles are uniquely important in world history as agents of new consumer tastes, and the embodiment of fashion in Europe. Particular attention is given to the process of the Europeanization of Asian textiles, and the consideration of the intellectual, commercial and aesthetic relationship between Europe and Asia, as the European printed industry developed. Fashion was not just created through the adoption and use of Asian goods, but it was also shaped by a culture in which print was central; and it was the printing of information-visual, as well as literate-along with printing as a productive process, which produced a type of fashionability that could be "read".

Item Type:	Journal Article
Alternative Title:	East and west
Subjects:	D History General and Old World > DA Great Britain > DAW Central Europe N Fine Arts > NK Decorative arts Applied arts Decoration and ornament
Divisions:	Faculty of Arts > History
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Chintz -- Europe, Clothing and dress -- History, Calico -- Europe, Fashion -- Europe -- History -- 16th century, Fashion -- Asian influences, Textile industry -- Europe -- History -- 16th century, Textile industry -- Europe -- History -- 17th century, Fashion -- Europe -- History -- 17th century
Journal or Publication Title:	Journal of Social History
Publisher:	George Mason University
ISSN:	0022-4529
Official Date:	2008
Dates:	Date Event 2008 Published
Volume:	Vol.41
Number:	No.4
Number of Pages:	31
Page Range:	pp. 887-916
DOI:	10.1353/jsh.0.0019
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Access rights to Published version:	Open Access (Creative Commons)
Description:	Final version (as published).

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