How does vogue negotiate age?: Fashion, the body, and the Older Woman

Fashion Theory - Journal of Dress Body and Culture

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 471-490

  Twigg, Julia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age; Body; Consumption; Dress; Fashion; Identity; Mrs Exeter; Vogue

Indexed keywords

EID: 78149444336     PISSN: 1362704X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2752/175174110X12792058833898     Document Type: Article

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