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The American Look: Fashion, Sportswear and the Image of Women in 1930s and 1940s New York

Rebecca Arnold

Drawing on a wonderful array of sources, from fashion magazines to department store records, this book is the rich and absorbing narrative and analysis of how New York sportswear evolved to become the definitive American style and how a modern fashion aesthetic was born.

GenresBody imageNew York (State)New YorkHistory20th centuryFashion

237 pages, 5 editions

English edition · First published 2009 by I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd · ISBN 9780755697335

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Editions

5 editions

English

  • The American Look: Fashion, Sportswear and the Image of Women in 1930s and 1940s New York · I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd · 2019 · ISBN 9780755697335 This page
  • The American Look: Fashion, Sportswear and the Image of Women in 1930s and 1940s New York · Bloomsbury Visual Arts · 2027 · ISBN 9781350563520
  • The American Look: Fashion, Sportswear and the Image of Women in 1930s and 1940s New York · Bloomsbury Visual Arts · 2027 · ISBN 9781350563513
  • The American Look: Fashion, Sportswear and the Image of Women in 1930s and 1940s New York · I.B. Tauris · 2009 · ISBN 9781845118969
  • The American Look: Fashion, Sportswear and the Image of Women in 1930s and 1940s New York · I.B. Tauris · 2009 · ISBN 9781860647635

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