Denim Fashion's Frontier

Denim Fashion's Frontier by Emma McClendon, published by Yale University Press in 2016.

A wide-ranging and beautifully illustrated history of the fashion associated with the world's most ubiquitous fabric Denim is one of the world's favorite fabrics, and today it accounts for the largest segment of the clothing industry. The market for jeans alone is worth over 55 billion dollars. Experiments with denim by designers have helped to develop a vast vocabulary of denim styles beyond jeans that are now ingrained in fashion's lexicon. This handsome book explores the multifaceted history of denim and examines the continually evolving relationship between it and high fashion.

A lovely addition to your coffee table or bookshelf, and a thoughtful gift for anyone who loves fashion and style.

• Author: Emma McClendon
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Year: 2016
• Pages: 212
• ISBN: 9780300219142