Bally - A History of Footwear in the Interwar Period /
Bally - A History of Footwear in the Interwar Period /
Katharina Tietze, Anna-Brigitte Schlittler.
- 1 online resource (196 pages)
- Fashion Studies ; 10 .
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Business Cycles in the Fashion-Shoe Industry and the Controversies Surrounding Footwear Fashion in Switzerland (1920-1940) -- "Bally Shoes Are Trend-Setting Fashion Creations" -- Schönenwerd--New York -- Functional Shoes -- Enter the Shoe -- Real Gold? -- Notes on Window Dressing as a New Means of Communication -- "A Fairy-Tale Affair ...!" -- Contributors -- Bibliography
Open Access
Carl Franz Bally founded a shoe factory in Switzerland in 1851. Within decades, the Bally name had achieved worldwide recognition for its high-quality footwear. The history of modern footwear can be traced through the lens of Bally's corporate evolution. This book brings together the results of research on such topics as the economic importance of fashion, Bally's fortunes in the US, the career of shoe design, the sourcing and use of materials, and the rise of strategic product display. The research focuses on the 1930s and 1940s: years of economic crisis and war, characterized by a wide diversity of designs and increasing variety in product range. Shortages also led to experiments with materials and technical innovations. Featuring numerous points of contact with adjacent fields of historical study, this publication marks a contribution to the history of fashion as the history of industrially manufactured products.
In English.
3839457386 9783839457382
10.14361/9783839457382 doi
History.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Popular Culture.
History.
Bally. Business History. Cultural History. Cultural Studies. Culture. Design. Fashion Studies. Fashion. Industrial Design. Interwar Period.
Electronic books.
HD9787.A2
740
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Business Cycles in the Fashion-Shoe Industry and the Controversies Surrounding Footwear Fashion in Switzerland (1920-1940) -- "Bally Shoes Are Trend-Setting Fashion Creations" -- Schönenwerd--New York -- Functional Shoes -- Enter the Shoe -- Real Gold? -- Notes on Window Dressing as a New Means of Communication -- "A Fairy-Tale Affair ...!" -- Contributors -- Bibliography
Open Access
Carl Franz Bally founded a shoe factory in Switzerland in 1851. Within decades, the Bally name had achieved worldwide recognition for its high-quality footwear. The history of modern footwear can be traced through the lens of Bally's corporate evolution. This book brings together the results of research on such topics as the economic importance of fashion, Bally's fortunes in the US, the career of shoe design, the sourcing and use of materials, and the rise of strategic product display. The research focuses on the 1930s and 1940s: years of economic crisis and war, characterized by a wide diversity of designs and increasing variety in product range. Shortages also led to experiments with materials and technical innovations. Featuring numerous points of contact with adjacent fields of historical study, this publication marks a contribution to the history of fashion as the history of industrially manufactured products.
In English.
3839457386 9783839457382
10.14361/9783839457382 doi
History.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Popular Culture.
History.
Bally. Business History. Cultural History. Cultural Studies. Culture. Design. Fashion Studies. Fashion. Industrial Design. Interwar Period.
Electronic books.
HD9787.A2
740