Fashion Journalism

Fashion is all around us and so too is fashion journalism. Discussions of fashion proliferate in an ever-increasing range of media from newspapers and magazines to tweets and TV programs. <i>Fashion Journalism: History Theory and Practice</i> is an accessible comprehensive guide to writing about fashion in any form whether in style blogging magazine interviews news reportage or art reviews.<br/><br/>Exploring what sets fashion journalism apart from other forms of journalistic writing the book features a wide range of global fashion case studies from Carmel Snow's reporting on Dior's 'New Look' to 1970s responses to Yves Saint Laurent and Diana Vreeland's role as a fashion editor. Through a series of engaging exercises you will learn how to find inspiration carry out successful research structure your work logically use a style appropriate to your readership and to make the leap from descriptive writing to informed analysis and criticism. <br/> <br/>Engaging and clearly written <i>Fashion Journalism</i>examines how recent technological developments are shaping and driving fashion journalism and delves into the theory and practice of writing about fashion.