Vienna may not be synonymous with fashion like its metropolitan counterparts Paris and Milan; but it is a fashionable city; one that historically has been structured by changing fashions and fashionable appearances. Like the Litfaszlig;sauml;ule in Orson Wellesrsquo;s 1949 urban noir masterpiece The Third Man; into which Harry Lime escapes in order to avoid capture and which hapless visitors today presume are merely surfaces for advertising; there are many overlooked aspects of Viennarsquo;s distinct style and attitude. By focusing on fashion; Wiener Chic narrates Viennarsquo;s history through an interpretation of the material dimensions of Viennese cultural life ndash; from architecture to arts festivals to the urban fabric of street chic. The first book that connects Vienna and fashion with urban theory; Wiener Chic draws on material that is virtually unknown in an English-language context to give readers an insiderrsquo;s vantage point on an underappreciated European fashion capital.
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