Fashion, Consumption and Celebrity Culture
New Developments in a Transformed Landscape
Fashion, Consumption and Celebrity Culture
New Developments in a Transformed Landscape
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Description
This brand-new book explores how, in the last decade, the worlds of fashion, fame and digital media have become increasingly intertwined.
Charting shifts from royalty to influencers, art to sport, Hollywood to TikTok, Pamela Church Gibson and Alexandre Zamboni analyse how celebrity logic now structures consumption, identity and visibility. Through vivid case studies-from David Beckham, the Royal Family and Rihanna to Barbie, K-Pop stars and AI-driven influencers-the authors reveal how social media, global conglomerates and new beauty norms have reshaped both the fashion system and contemporary culture itself.
Sharp, timely and culturally wide-ranging, this book offers scholars and students a compelling map of the new celebrity–fashion landscape and its implications for gender, power, labour and global visual culture.
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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION
Fashion and Celebrity Culture 2012 to 2025: Changes and Observations
Pamela Church Gibson
The 'Transformed Landscape'
Alexandre Zamboni and Pamela Church Gibson
1. Celebrity And Fashion, Past and Present: Leading Ladies, Famous Families and Sporting Heroes
Pamela Church Gibson
Introduction
Case Studies
- Diana, Kate, Meghan and the 'Celebrification' of the Royal Family
- Kate – Everygirl Ascendant
- Meghan – Designer Staples and Laidback Looks
- Across the Atlantic - White House Women & Public Spaces
- Sporting Heroes - and Heroines?
2. Art, Fashion & Celebrity: Surrender and Submission
Pamela Church Gibson
Introduction
Case Studies
- Jeff Koons, Cindy Sherman and Andy Warhol - Everything for Sale
- Fashionable Patronage and Art Rivalries: Miuccia Prada and the 'Robber Barons'
- Burberry and British Patronage: More Questions of Sponsorship
- Inside the Museums – Art, Fashion and the Profit Motive
- Marina Abramovic: Performance Art, Publicity and Fashion
3. Film and Fashion: Past, Present and Future
Pamela Church Gibson
Case Studies
- Fake 'Feminism' and Strident Pink Spectacle: Fashion, Celebrity Culture, and the Marketing of Greta 'Gerwig's Barbie
Pamela Church Gibson and Alexandre Zamboni
- James Bond, Septuagenarian, 'Celeactor' and Icon of Style
Pamela Church Gibson
- Other World Cinemas, Hindi Celebrities and Questions of Recognition
Pamela Church Gibson
4. Television, Fashion and Celebrity– Cautious Coverage and Unexpected Successes
Introduction
Pamela Church Gibson
Case Studies
- Different Images, Alternative Heroines
Alexandre Zamboni
- Power and Privilege – A Footnote
Pamela Church Gibson
5. Celebrity, Fashion and the Music World
Introduction
Pamela Church Gibson
Case studies
Alexandre Zamboni
- Summoning Up Marilyn's Ghost – Billie Eilish and Sabrina Carpenter
- Rihanna - Empresses of Glamour
- Black Musicians – Fashion and Music Moguls
- “Black-Pink in your area”: K-POP Conquers Paris Fashion
6. The Triumph of Attributed Celebrities
Introduction
Pamela Church Gibson
Case Studies
- Kim Kardashian: Striving to Stay in the Spotlight
Pamela Church Gibson
- Kendall & Kylie Jenner – Two Sisters, Two Ideals
Alexandre Zamboni
7. The New (Social) Media Landscape
Alexandre Zamboni
Introduction
Case studies
- Chiara Ferragni, Rise and Fall of a Fashion Influencer
- Emma Chamberlain, the Unfiltered Appeal of the YouTuber Next Door
- Charlie and Dixie D'Amelio, Fame and Fashion in the Age of TikTok
- POSTSCRIPT – Failure and Unexpected Success, Fame and Fashion after TikTok
8. Models – From Anonymity to Ubiquity
Pamela Church Gibson and Alexandre Zamboni
Introduction
Case studies
- From Anonymity to Front Pages
- The Insta-girls Take Over
- A Slow Path Towards Inclusivity
9. Designers, Labels and Luxury Conglomerates
Alexandre Zamboni
Introduction
Case Studies
- Celebrity Designers VS Anti-Celebrity Designers
CODA: Magazine Journalism and Celebrity
- A tale of Two Fashion Shoots
Pamela Church Gibson
- Vogue: The Glossy Magazine in the Digital Era?
Sabrina Ciofi with Alexandre Zamboni
Conclusion
Pamela Church Gibson and Alexandre Zamboni
- Future Developments: Fallen Gods, AI and Ghosts from the Past
Bibliography
Index
Product details
| Published | 18 Feb 2027 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (PDF) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Pages | 288 |
| ISBN | 9781350444188 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Visual Arts |
| Illustrations | 50 bw and colour illus |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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