Modest fashion styling bodies, mediating faith (I.B. Tauris, 2013)
Includes bibliographical references and index
Modest dressing, both secular and religious, is a growing trend across the world, yet so far it has been given little serious attention and is rarely seen as fashion. Modest Fashion uniquely studies and addresses both the consumers and the producers of modest clothing. It examines the growing number of women who, for reasons of religion, faith or personal preference, decide to cover their bodies and dress in a way that satisfies their spiritual and stylistic requirements. These are women who are making fashionable the art of dressing modestly. Scholars and journalists, fashion designers a
Introduction - mediating modesty - Reina Lewis -- - Part 1 - Faith-based fashion and the commercially fluid boundaries of confession -- - "Discover the beauty of modesty" : Islamic fashion online - Annelies Moors -- - Fashion forward and faith-tastic! Online modest fashion and the development of women as religious interpreters and intermediaries - Reina Lewis -- - Meeting through modesty : Jewish-Muslim encounters on the Internet - Emma Tarlo -- - Hasidic women's fashion aesthetic and practice : the long and short of tzniuth - Barbara Goldman Carrel -- - Part 2 - Modesty without religion? Secularity, shopping and social status through appearance -- - Denim : the modesty of clothing and the immodesty of religion - Daniel Miller -- - Modest motivations : religious and secular contestation in the fashion field - Jane Cameron -- - "Can we discuss this?" - Elizabeth Wilson -- - Part 3 - Manufacturing and mediating modesty : the industry and the press -- - Modesty regulators : punishing and rewarding women's appearances in mainstream media - Liz Hoggard -- - Insider voices, changing practices : press and industry professionals speak - Reina Lewis (editor and contributor)