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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
15Fashion accessories
16Eyewear
17Fans
18Purses and handbags
19Umbrellas and parasols
Key fashion photographers
20Norman Parkinson (1913-1990)
21Lillian Bassman: Fashion
22Irving Penn: Fashion
Techniques
23Gelatin silver prints: Fashion
Magazines
24Vanity Fair
Fashion houses
25Fashion houses and photography
26Fashion houses: Gianni Versace
27Parisian couture (ca. 1900-1920)
Fashion photographers by decade
28Fashion photographers by decade
29Fashion 1920s
30Fashion 1930s
31Fashion 1940s
32Fashion 1950s
33Fashion 1960s
34Fashion 1970s
35Fashion 1980s
36Fashion 1990s
Fashion and the use of colour
37The rise of colour in fashion photography
Fashion and transportation
38Transportation and fashion examples
Fashion and the military
39Fashion: Accessories: Gas masks
Contemporary fashion
40Contemporary fashion photography
Case studies
41Robinson & Roi: The Famous Glass Dress - Royal Robe of Princess Eulalia

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