When Broadway was the runway theater, fashion, and American culture / [electronic resource] :
Marlis Schweitzer.
- Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2009.
- 310 p. : ill.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-294) and index.
The octopus and the matinee girl -- The "department store theater" and the gendering of consumption -- "The cult of clothes" and the performance of class -- Fashioning the modern woman -- The theatrical fashion show on Broadway and Sixth Avenue.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
9780812206166 (electronic bk.)
Theater--History--New York (State)--New York--19th century. Theater--History--New York (State)--New York--20th century. Costume--History--New York (State)--New York--19th century. Costume--History--New York (State)--New York--20th century. Fashion--History--New York (State)--New York--19th century. Fashion--History--New York (State)--New York--20th century. Department stores--New York (State)--New York.