Religion in Vogue : Christianity and Fashion in America /
Neal, Lynn S.
Religion in Vogue : Christianity and Fashion in America / Lynn S. Neal. - 1 online resource : 11 Illustrations, color, 34 black and white illustrations
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
How the fashion industry has contributed to religious change From cross necklaces to fashion designs inspired by nuns' habits, how have fashion sources interpreted Christianity? And how, in turn, have these interpretations shaped conceptions of religion in the United States? Religion in Vogue explores the intertwined history of Christianity and the fashion industry. Using a diverse range of fashion sources, including designs, jewelry, articles in fashion magazines, and advertisements, Lynn S. Neal demonstrates how in the second half of the twentieth century the modern fashion industry created an aestheticized Christianity, transforming it into a consumer product. The fashion industry socialized consumers to see religion as fashionable and as a beautiful lifestyle accessory-something to be displayed, consumed, and experienced as an expression of personal identity and taste. Religion was something to be embraced and shown off by those who were sophisticated and stylish, and not solely the domain of the politically conservative. Neal ultimately concludes that, through aestheticizing Christianity, the fashion industry has offered Americans a means of blending traditional elements of religion-such as ritual practice, miraculous events, and theological concepts-with modern culture, revealing a new dimension to the personal experience of religion.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9781479892709 9781479810918
10.18574/nyu/9781479892709.001.0001 doi
Clothing trade--Marketing.
Fashion--Religious aspects--Christianity--Periodicals.
Fashion--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Holy Cross in art.
RELIGION / Christian Life / General.
Catholicism. Christmas. Cristobal Balenciaga. Dolce and Gabbana. Eve. Fontana sisters. Gabrielle Coco Chanel. Gianni Versace. God. Jesus. Kansai Yamamoto. Karla Spetic. Madonna. Moral Majority. Rei Kawakubo. Rudi Gernreich. Virgin Mary. Walter Holmes. advertisements. aestheticized. angels. cross jewelry. culture wars. designer. enchantment. fashion magazines. fashionable religion. iconoclastic controversy. individualism. jewelry. liberal Protestantism. magic. miracles. monks. nuns. pilgrimage. popular culture. priests. religious nones. religious symbols. runway shows. spirituality. visualization.
GT521
391
Religion in Vogue : Christianity and Fashion in America / Lynn S. Neal. - 1 online resource : 11 Illustrations, color, 34 black and white illustrations
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
How the fashion industry has contributed to religious change From cross necklaces to fashion designs inspired by nuns' habits, how have fashion sources interpreted Christianity? And how, in turn, have these interpretations shaped conceptions of religion in the United States? Religion in Vogue explores the intertwined history of Christianity and the fashion industry. Using a diverse range of fashion sources, including designs, jewelry, articles in fashion magazines, and advertisements, Lynn S. Neal demonstrates how in the second half of the twentieth century the modern fashion industry created an aestheticized Christianity, transforming it into a consumer product. The fashion industry socialized consumers to see religion as fashionable and as a beautiful lifestyle accessory-something to be displayed, consumed, and experienced as an expression of personal identity and taste. Religion was something to be embraced and shown off by those who were sophisticated and stylish, and not solely the domain of the politically conservative. Neal ultimately concludes that, through aestheticizing Christianity, the fashion industry has offered Americans a means of blending traditional elements of religion-such as ritual practice, miraculous events, and theological concepts-with modern culture, revealing a new dimension to the personal experience of religion.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9781479892709 9781479810918
10.18574/nyu/9781479892709.001.0001 doi
Clothing trade--Marketing.
Fashion--Religious aspects--Christianity--Periodicals.
Fashion--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Holy Cross in art.
RELIGION / Christian Life / General.
Catholicism. Christmas. Cristobal Balenciaga. Dolce and Gabbana. Eve. Fontana sisters. Gabrielle Coco Chanel. Gianni Versace. God. Jesus. Kansai Yamamoto. Karla Spetic. Madonna. Moral Majority. Rei Kawakubo. Rudi Gernreich. Virgin Mary. Walter Holmes. advertisements. aestheticized. angels. cross jewelry. culture wars. designer. enchantment. fashion magazines. fashionable religion. iconoclastic controversy. individualism. jewelry. liberal Protestantism. magic. miracles. monks. nuns. pilgrimage. popular culture. priests. religious nones. religious symbols. runway shows. spirituality. visualization.
GT521
391