Description: Cool Shades : The History and Meaning of Sunglasses, Paperback by Brown, Vanessa, ISBN 0857854453, ISBN-13 9780857854452, Brand New, Free shipping in the US "Cool Shades provides the first in-depth exploration of the enduring appeal of sunglasses in visual culture, both historically and today. Ubiquitous in fashion, advertising, film and graphic design, sunglasses are the ultimate signifier of 'cool' in massculture; a powerful attribute pervading much fashion and pop cultural imagery which has received little scholarly attention until now. Accessible and highly engaging, this book offers an original history of how sunglasses became a fashion accessory in the early twentieth century, and addresses the complex variety of meanings they have the power to articulate, through associations with vision, light, glamour, darkness, fashion, speed and technology in the context of modernity. Cool Shades will be of greatinterest to students of fashion, design, visual and material culture, cultural studies and sociology, as well as general readers fascinated by this iconic fashion staple"--
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Book Title: Cool Shades : The History and Meaning of Sunglasses
Number of Pages: 192 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Cool Shades : the History and Meaning of Sunglasses
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Item Height: 0.4 in
Publication Year: 2014
Subject: History & Criticism, Fashion & Accessories, Optometry, Popular Culture, Fashion & Style
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 9.6 Oz
Subject Area: Design, Social Science, Self-Help, Medical
Author: Vanessa Brown
Item Length: 9.2 in
Item Width: 6.1 in
Format: Trade Paperback
