Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects
Date of Degree
2-2019
Document Type
Capstone Project
Degree Name
M.A.
Program
Liberal Studies
Advisor
Eugenia Paulicelli
Subject Categories
Advertising and Promotion Management | Digital Humanities | Fashion Business
Keywords
fashion business, Roaring Twenties, 1920s
Abstract
The corset defined a woman’s silhouette for nearly four hundred years. It continues to fascinate and inspire new ways to study its place in culture. Taking a digital humanities approach, my project encompasses visualizations of metadata from advertisements for foundation garments in Harper’s Bazaar, Ladies’ Home Journal, and Vogue from 1905 through 1929. These visualizations represent the marketing behavior of corset manufacturers, a well-established group of businesses that benefited from the industrial revolution to produce and sell a type of garment that held a constant place in women’s wardrobes.
Recommended Citation
Finkel, Iris, "Visualizing the Decline of the Corset Business" (2019). CUNY Academic Works.
https://academicworks.cuny.edu/gc_etds/3062
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Included in
Advertising and Promotion Management Commons, Digital Humanities Commons, Fashion Business Commons
Comments
Online component: http://fashionindh.org/visualizingcorsetdecline/index.html