California Fashion: From the Old West to New Hollywood

By Marian Hall and Marjorie Carne

California Fashion is a hip, fun book on the history of California's influence on international style and fashion from 1850 to the present. Fashion photographs, sketches, documentary pictures, and period advertisements are accompanied by anecdotes that depict the originality of California style. California's lifestyle has had a profound impact on American culture over the last 150 years. Jeans evolved from Levi Strauss's rugged wear for California miners into one of the most popular and influential pieces of clothing in the history of fashion. California's residents thrive under sunny skies, and designers of swimwear and sportwear have been especially influenced by the laid-back California lifestyle. From surf culture to hippie fashion to Hollywood glamour, this book will show readers why the world worships California girls.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810910136
• ISBN13: 9780810910133
• Release Date: May 2002
• Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.1" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 13 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 8 to Postsecondary

Customer Reviews

History and More!

Who Knew?! California really IS where distinctive American Fashion style got its start! Too far away from New York, and light years from Paris, what we wear today got its start in California. The authors have made what is really a history book fun reading, and hey, you can actually learn something too. The chapters are: 1--Intro, 2--Denim(Levis), 3--Swimwear, 4--Sportswear, 5--Hollywood, 6--Male Designers of fame, 7--San Francisco style, 8--Surfing, 9--New Hollywood, Biographies (lists the big hitters), Bibliography After reading this great little book, you can nod knowingly when Paris fashion couture carts a surfboard down the runway!