Looking flash : clothing in Aotearoa New Zealand / edited by Bronwyn Labrum, Fiona McKergow and Stephanie Gibson.

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TextPublication details: Auckland, N.Z. : Auckland University Press, 2007.Description: viii, 279 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cmISBN:

9781869403973 (pbk.) :

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DDC classification:

391.00993 22

Contents:

Dressing history up : Introduction / Bronwyn Labrum -- He whatu ariki, he kura, he waero : Chiefly threads, red and white / Patricia Te Arapo Wallace -- Unpicked for the voyage? Heirloom dresses in colonial New Zealand / Rosanne Livingstone and Valerie Carson -- Kilts as costumes : Identity, resistance and tradition / Katie Pickles -- Every garment tells a story : Exploring public collections / David Butts -- 'What are these, so withered, and so wild in their attire?' Castaways' clothing from the Auckland Islands / Jennifer Quérée -- Weaving a journeu : The story of a unique cloak / Awhina Tamarapa -- Hand-me-downs and respectability : Clothing and the needy / Bronywyn Labrum -- 'Just the thing' : Shopping for clothes in Palmerston North / Fiona McKergow -- On the beach : Or the 'unbearable scandal' of shrinking swimwear / Caroline Daley -- Dressing for war : Glamour and duty in women's lives during the Second World War / Deborah Montgomerie -- Moving in unison, dressing in uniform : Stepping out in style with matching teams / Charlotte Macdonald -- Engaging in mischief : The black singlet in New Zealand culture / Stephanie Gibson -- One man's fantasy : The Eden Hore collection of high and exotic fashion garments / Jane Malthus.

Review: "Offering a fresh look at the role of clothes in New Zealand history, Looking Flash examines what we wear and what we have worn - from the shrinking bathing suit to the black singlet - over the past three centuries. The writers show that, despite a reputation for being wary of 'looking flash', New Zealand has not always been a dowdy country. Essays span the clothing of pre-colonial Maori society, marching girls and castaways, and include eighteenth-century heirloom dresses, hand-me-downs, wartime garb and kilts. There are also extraordinary stories about the fate of a Maori cloak and an Otago farmer's remarkable collection of 1970s high-fashion garments."--BOOK JACKET.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode
Non-Fiction - New Zealand	Waimate Non-Fiction	Non Fiction	391.009 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Not For Loan	Not for loan		A00471243

Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-274) and index.

"Offering a fresh look at the role of clothes in New Zealand history, Looking Flash examines what we wear and what we have worn - from the shrinking bathing suit to the black singlet - over the past three centuries. The writers show that, despite a reputation for being wary of 'looking flash', New Zealand has not always been a dowdy country. Essays span the clothing of pre-colonial Maori society, marching girls and castaways, and include eighteenth-century heirloom dresses, hand-me-downs, wartime garb and kilts. There are also extraordinary stories about the fate of a Maori cloak and an Otago farmer's remarkable collection of 1970s high-fashion garments."--BOOK JACKET.

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