Fetish Style
Fetish Style by Frenchy Lunning, published by Bloomsbury Academic on April 11, 2013, is a comprehensive exploration of sub-cultural fashions that have gained traction in both mainstream and alternative fashion cultures. This 176-page book delves into the history, forms, and tendencies of fetish clothing design, examining how these styles reflect both subversive and repressive elements in clothing choices across various ages and cultures.
Readers will find a detailed analysis of the intersection between contemporary culture and everyday fashion, highlighting the fetishistic aspects that influence clothing trends. The book presents case studies on diverse subcultures, including Japanese-influenced tribes like the Lolitas, the Shotaru, and the Goths, as well as hip-hop fashions and other localized fetishized practices. Fetish Style serves as a significant resource for those interested in the evolution of fetish fashion from historical contexts to modern interpretations.
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Fetish Style traces the history, forms and tendencies of sub-cultural fashions that are popular in both mainstream and alternative fashion cultures.
Presenting the world of subcultural fetish clothing design in all of its richness and beauty, this book explores the idea of fetish as subversive and repressive as reflected in clothing choices in people of all ages and cultures. Linking the fetishistic aspects of contemporary culture with everyday clothing as dictated by fashion and merchandizing, Fetish Style presents a fascinating study of historical as well as 21st century subcultures. Case studies include the Japanese-influenced ‘tribes’ of the various Lolita formations, the Shotaru (male Lolita), the club scene, the Goths, the hip-hop fashions and other locally-formed fetishized practices.
Fetish Style will be key reading for anyone interested in fetish fashion both past and present.
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