Über Fashioning Submission
Unlike in the United Kingdom and France, where fashion during the Second
World War is extensively debated, in Italy it is an under researched
topic, and the behind-the-scenes history of the fashion magazine
"Bellezza" - the Italian "Vogue" - launched in 1941, has never been
submitted to scholarly attention; even though its utopian function in
defining a new culture of fashion and code of glamour contributed to the
totalitarian project of building a 'new Italian woman'. The current
volume aspires to fill this gap, using the case of "Bellezza" as a
kaleidoscope for looking through Italian history and culture, drawing on
new primary sources and extraordinary iconography.
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