Zoot Suits and Second-Hand Dresses: An Anthology of Fashion and Music

Front Matter....Pages i-xx
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
The Zoot Suit and Style Warfare....Pages 3-22
Second-Hand Dresses and the Role of the Ragmarket....Pages 23-49
Monster Metaphors: Notes on Michael Jackson’s ‘Thriller’....Pages 50-73
The Grain of Punk: An Analysis of the Lyrics....Pages 74-101
The Shattered Glass: Notes on Bryan Ferry....Pages 103-117
Front Matter....Pages 119-119
‘Do You Know How to Pony?’: The Messianic Intensity of the Sixties....Pages 121-131
Only Dancing: David Bowie Flirts with the Issues....Pages 132-140
The Best Uniforms....Pages 141-149
Heroin, the Needle and the Politics of the Body....Pages 150-155
Wild Style: Graffiti Painting....Pages 156-168
The Age of Plunder....Pages 169-180
Front Matter....Pages 181-181
Sighs and Whispers in Bloomingdales: A Review of a Bloomingdale Mail-Order Catalogue for Their Lingerie Department....Pages 183-188
Fashion ’n’ Passion: A Working Paper....Pages 189-197
Don’t Look Now....Pages 198-207
The Business of Couture....Pages 208-214
From the Inside: An Interview with Three Women Fashion Designers....Pages 215-224
Heavy Duty Denim: ‘Quality Never Dates’....Pages 225-236
Front Matter....Pages 237-237
Women and Pop: A Series of Lost Encounters....Pages 239-244
Against Health and Efficiency: Independent Music in the 1980s....Pages 245-255
After Subversion: Pop Culture and Power....Pages 256-266
Front Matter....Pages 237-237
Fear of the Future....Pages 267-275
We Are the World?....Pages 276-282
Back Matter....Pages 283-298