{"product_id":"1960s-model-girl","title":"1960s Model Girl","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eExamining histories of post-war Britain, fashion, modelling, photography and popular culture, \u003ci\u003e1960s Model Girl: Narrative Identities in Fashion, Time and History \u003c\/i\u003eexplores model girl narratives found throughout media, fashion magazines, advice literature, auto\/biographies and fashion exhibits.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroducing theories of history, life-writing and narrative identity,\u003ci\u003e 1960s Model Girl\u003c\/i\u003e demonstrates how these can be applied to the study of fashion and shows how fashion studies opens new pathways to understanding identity and emergent British femininities. Drawing on a wealth of archival research, case studies include teen fashion magazines \u003ci\u003ePetticoat\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eModel Girl\u003c\/i\u003e; advice writing of model agent Lucie Clayton and fashion journalist Suzy Menkes; autobiographies of fashion models Jean Shrimpton and Twiggy; and the \u003ci\u003eMary Quant\u003c\/i\u003e exhibition, Victoria and Albert Museum, London (2019-2020).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book provides an intricate study of a varied and manifold figure whose impact and influence spreads further afield than a particular time, place and professional context. Closely attending to a range of model girl narratives, \u003ci\u003e1960s Model Girl\u003c\/i\u003e illuminates the cultural past and, in turn, sheds light on our own historical present.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54249661890904,"sku":"9781350076297","price":97.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781350076297_6bd42e90-86c6-4f09-b534-dbb57728f8b3.jpg?v=1770912030","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/1960s-model-girl","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}