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Fashion photography is the ultimate site of myth-making, where the world’s most talented practitioners have constructed ideals of beauty, status, and glamour. Luminous-Lint tracks this evolution from early magazine illustrations to the cinematic storytelling of the 21st century.

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Contents

Introduction
1Introduction to fashion
2Early fashion photography
Custom
3Boys wearing dresses before they were breeched
Photo-jewelry
4Photo-jewelry: Bracelets
5Photo-jewelry: Brooches and pins
6Photo-jewelry: Lockets
7Photo-jewelry: Pendants
8Photo-jewelry: Rings
9Photo-jewelry: Stick pins
10Photo-jewelry: Political
Photography on fabric and clothing
11Photographs and photo-related themes on fabric and clothing
Items of clothing
12Still life: Fabric, textiles, lace and embroidery
13Headwear
14Footwear
Fashion accessories
15Eyewear
16Fans
17Umbrellas and parasols
Key fashion photographers
18Norman Parkinson (1913-1990)
19Lillian Bassman: Fashion
20Irving Penn: Fashion
Magazines
21Vanity Fair
Fashion houses
22Fashion houses and photography
23Fashion houses: Gianni Versace
24Parisian couture (ca. 1900-1920)
Fashion photographers by decade
25Fashion photographers by decade
26Fashion 1920s
27Fashion 1930s
28Fashion 1940s
29Fashion 1950s
30Fashion 1960s
31Fashion 1970s
32Fashion 1980s
33Fashion 1990s
Fashion and the use of colour
34The rise of colour in fashion photography
Fashion and transportation
35Transportation and fashion examples
Fashion and the military
36Fashion: Accessories: Gas masks
Contemporary fashion
37Contemporary fashion photography
Case studies
38Robinson & Roi: The Famous Glass Dress - Royal Robe of Princess Eulalia

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