Fashion and Costume in Film

This unit studies the relationship between fashion and its dissemination through visual culture. Magazines, film, photography, television and new media have been fundamental to the dissemination of fashion information, the construction of stardom and femininity, and to the development of the fashion industry. This unit examines two creative media, film and the internet. It examines how historically the cross-pollination between the Hollywood Studios, the cosmetic and the clothing industries first, and, more recently, contemporary blogs and internet images have contributed to the formation of discourses of consumer fashion and feminine aesthetic. By examining internet blogs and images, the unit also studies how fashion media have expanded exponentially, with the advent of the stylist, the pr and the dissemination of fashion images as new global phenomena.