Fashion Stylists - by Ane Lynge-Jorlen (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

Stylists have become increasingly influential in shaping fashion imagery. They have moved from the backstage, as unrecognised players, to the frontstage of fashion, becoming celebrated for their creative work as image makers for magazines, advertising and fashion designers. Yet little is known about the profession, its diverse incarnations and its aesthetic economy. Featuring contributions from leading experts and stylists, this collection is the first to explore the history, meaning and practice of fashion styling through interviews and historic and present-day case studies.

Featuring in-depth contributions from prominent fashion scholars, chapters span historical periods, cultural contexts and theoretical frameworks, employing a range of methodologies in the international case studies upon which they're based. Interspersed with interviews with innovative fashion stylists working today, and drawing on examples from advertising, the catwalk and magazines, this book explores the challenges faced by stylists in a fashion system increasingly shaped by commercial pressures and by growing numbers of collections and seasons.

Fashion Stylists is an invaluable resource for students and professionals interested in image-making, the representation of style and fashion, entrepreneurship and the history of fashion professionals.

Review Quotes

Fashion Stylists is a timely book that fills a gap in modern fashion history and it successfully establishes styling as a worthy and valuable area of research.
Viscose

Fashion Stylists is an invaluable resource for students and professionals interested in image-making, the representation of style and fashion, entrepreneurship and the history of fashion professionals.
de la Pen

Interviews are meaningfully interwoven with the scholarly chapters ... [and] provide first-hand insights ... [A] groundbreaking book.
International Journal of Fashion Studies

About the Author

Ane Lynge-Jorlén is an independent fashion scholar, author of Niche Fashion Magazines and Director of Designers' Nest, a talent incubator for Nordic fashion graduates.