{"product_id":"spacewear-weightlessness-and-the-final-frontier-of-fashion-paperback","title":"Spacewear: Weightlessness and the Final Frontier of Fashion - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBarbara Brownie\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eToday, we are living in the New Space Age, where mass commercial space travel is almost within our grasp. This otherworldly possibility has opened up new cultural images of space, both real and fictional, and has caused fashion design and spacesuit engineering to intersect in new, exciting ways. \u003ci\u003eSpacewear \u003c\/i\u003etraverses this uncharted territory by exploring the changing imagination of space in fashion-and fashion in space-from the first Space Age to the 21st century. Exploring how space travel has stylistically and technologically framed fashion design on earth and how we need to revisit established design practices for the weightless environment, \u003ci\u003eSpacewear\u003c\/i\u003e connects the catwalk and the space station. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book draws together speculative fantasies in sci-fi films such as \u003ci\u003eStar Trek\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003e2001: A Space Odyssey\u003c\/i\u003e, with the engineered spacesuits \u003ci\u003eBiosuit\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eNASA Z-2\u003c\/i\u003e and with catwalk interpretations by the likes of Alexander McQueen, Hussein Chalayan, André Courrèges, and Iris van Herpen. While the development of commercial space agencies has led to new concerns for style in garments for outer space that re-think fundamental design principles such as drape, high fashion has experimented with new possibilities for weightlessness that extend far beyond the 1960s vision of Space Age metallic fabrics and helmet-style headwear. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBrownie takes the reader on a fascinating journey from fantasy to function and to form, deepening our understanding of this new category of fashion that is prompting new approaches to garment design and construction both on earth and in outer space.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBarbara Brownie \u003c\/b\u003eis Principal Lecturer in Visual Communication at the University of Hertfordshire, UK, where she leads online postgraduate study in the School of art and Design. She is co-author of \u003ci\u003eThe Superhero Costume\u003c\/i\u003e (Bloomsbury, 2015) and author of \u003ci\u003eTransforming Type\u003c\/i\u003e (Bloomsbury, 2015) and \u003ci\u003eActs of Undressing\u003c\/i\u003e (Bloomsbury, 2016).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.37 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 23, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51791404368160,"sku":"9781350175341","price":84.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/012727551fdb6fdd939e16755c4cee54.webp?v=1780689850","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/spacewear-weightlessness-and-the-final-frontier-of-fashion-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}