Fashioning Submission

<p>Unlike in the United Kingdom and France where fashion during the Second World War is extensively debated in Italy it is an under researched topic and the behind-the-scenes history of the fashion magazine Bellezza - the Italian Vogue - launched in 1941 has never been submitted to scholarly attention; even though its utopian function in defining a new culture of fashion and code of glamour contributed to the totalitarian project of building a 'new Italian woman'. The current volume aspires to fill this gap using the case of Bellezza as a kaleidoscope for looking through Italian history and culture drawing on new primary sources and extraordinary iconography.</p>