Bally - A History of Footwear in the Interwar Period

book: Bally - A History of Footwear in the Interwar Period

Open Access Veröffentlicht von transcript Verlag 2021

Bally - A History of Footwear in the Interwar Period

Herausgegeben von: Anna-Brigitte Schlittler und Katharina Tietze
Gefördert durch: SNF

Band 10 der Reihe Fashion Studies

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783839457382

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Über dieses Buch

Carl Franz Bally founded a shoe factory in Switzerland in 1851. Within decades, the Bally name had achieved worldwide recognition for its high-quality footwear. The history of modern footwear can be traced through the lens of Bally's corporate evolution. This book brings together the results of research on such topics as the economic importance of fashion, Bally's fortunes in the US, the career of shoe design, the sourcing and use of materials, and the rise of strategic product display. The research focuses on the 1930s and 1940s: years of economic crisis and war, characterized by a wide diversity of designs and increasing variety in product range. Shortages also led to experiments with materials and technical innovations. Featuring numerous points of contact with adjacent fields of historical study, this publication marks a contribution to the history of fashion as the history of industrially manufactured products.

Autoreninformation

Anna-Brigitte Schlittler is an art historian and a lecturer at Zürich University of the Arts (ZHdK) and F+F Schule für Kunst und Design. She has studied art history, history, and philosophy at the University of Zürich. Her research focuses on the history and theory of fashion.
Katharina Tietze is a professor of design at Zürich University of the Arts (ZHdK) and head of the Trends & Identity programme. She studied fashion design at Berlin University of the Arts. Her research focuses on fashion, everyday culture, and identity.

Rezensionen

»In providing us with this elegant looking, well-illustrated account, the editors have provided readers with an exemplar for fashion researchin which all facets of the life of an object are given their due.«
Peter McNeil, Fashion Theory, 25 (2021)

Fachgebiete

Frontmatter Open Access PDF downloaden	1
Contents Open Access PDF downloaden	7
Introduction Anna-Brigitte Schlittler und Katharina Tietze Open Access PDF downloaden	9
Business Cycles in the Fashion-Shoe Industry and the Controversies Surrounding Footwear Fashion in Switzerland (1920–1940) Roman Wild Open Access PDF downloaden	21
“Bally Shoes Are Trend-Setting Fashion Creations” Shoe Design in the Second World War Anna-Brigitte Schlittler Open Access PDF downloaden	39
Schönenwerd—New York Bally Evening Shoes Katharina Tietze Open Access PDF downloaden	61
Functional Shoes The Development of Utility Shoes, Their Differentiation and Interfaces with Fashion Daniel Späti Open Access PDF downloaden	77
Enter the Shoe Design in the Making Anna-Brigitte Schlittler Open Access PDF downloaden	95
Real Gold? A Material for 1930s Shoes Katharina Tietze Open Access PDF downloaden	127
Notes on Window Dressing as a New Means of Communication Henriette-Friederike Herm Open Access PDF downloaden	143
“A Fairy-Tale Affair...!” Bally Shoes at the Swiss National Exposition of 1939 Katharina Tietze Open Access PDF downloaden	155
Contributors Open Access PDF downloaden	179
Bibliography Open Access PDF downloaden	181

(English)

Sprache: Englisch
Verlag: transcript Verlag
Copyrightjahr: 2021
Zielgruppe: Professional and scholarly;
Seiten
- Inhalt: 196
Schlagworte: Design; Interwar Period; Bally; Fashion Studies; Culture; Fashion; Business History; Cultural Studies; Cultural History; Industrial Design

eBook

Veröffentlicht: 27. Februar 2021
ISBN: 9783839457382