Description
The catalogue A Meeting of Cultures: Fashions of North Africa is a pathbreaking work focused specifically on contemporary fashion designers and influencers in Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya and Egypt. This work broadens the scope of scholarship on the fashion industry, which to date has focused primarily on American and European designers.
To illuminate the myriad ways North Africans dress, this catalogue showcases the works of contemporary fashion designers along with photography by fashion photographers, journalists, and social media influencers. The catalogue is organized around five themes which bring together the work of fashion practitioners from different countries and draw out the diverse approaches to retaining cultural distinctiveness while adapting to contemporary concerns ranging from sustainability to gender identity.
The catalogue "A Meeting of Cultures: Fashions of North Africa" is a pathbreaking work focused specifically on contemporary fashion designers and influencers in Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya and Egypt. This work broadens the scope of scholarship on the fashion industry, which to date has focused primarily on American and European designers.
About the Author
Sara Hume is Professor and Curator of Kent State University Museum. Her research in the history of dress has focused on the global reach of the fashion industry. She earned her PhD in Modern European History from the University of Chicago, a BA in Art from Yale University and an MA in Museum Studies from the Fashion Institute of Technology.
Nada Koreish is a lecturer across multiple disciplines with over fifteen years of experience in the design industry and a doctoral scholar, focusing on decoloniality and fashion in North Africa. She is the founder of the Fashion Liberation Collective North Africa, a disruptor, and a mother. Always striving to reclaim our history. Our own table.
Book Information
ISBN 9783777444284
Author Sara Hume
Format Hardback
Page Count 200
Imprint Hirmer Verlag
Publisher Hirmer Verlag
To illuminate the myriad ways North Africans dress, this catalogue showcases the works of contemporary fashion designers along with photography by fashion photographers, journalists, and social media influencers. The catalogue is organized around five themes which bring together the work of fashion practitioners from different countries and draw out the diverse approaches to retaining cultural distinctiveness while adapting to contemporary concerns ranging from sustainability to gender identity.
The catalogue "A Meeting of Cultures: Fashions of North Africa" is a pathbreaking work focused specifically on contemporary fashion designers and influencers in Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya and Egypt. This work broadens the scope of scholarship on the fashion industry, which to date has focused primarily on American and European designers.
About the Author
Sara Hume is Professor and Curator of Kent State University Museum. Her research in the history of dress has focused on the global reach of the fashion industry. She earned her PhD in Modern European History from the University of Chicago, a BA in Art from Yale University and an MA in Museum Studies from the Fashion Institute of Technology.
Nada Koreish is a lecturer across multiple disciplines with over fifteen years of experience in the design industry and a doctoral scholar, focusing on decoloniality and fashion in North Africa. She is the founder of the Fashion Liberation Collective North Africa, a disruptor, and a mother. Always striving to reclaim our history. Our own table.
Book Information
ISBN 9783777444284
Author Sara Hume
Format Hardback
Page Count 200
Imprint Hirmer Verlag
Publisher Hirmer Verlag
