{"product_id":"cool-shades-vanessa-brown-9780857854445","title":"Cool Shades","description":"\u003ci\u003eCool Shades\u003c\/i\u003e provides the first in-depth exploration of the enduring appeal of sunglasses in visual culture, both historically and today. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUbiquitous in fashion, advertising, film and graphic design, sunglasses are the ultimate signifier of 'cool' in mass culture; a powerful attribute pervading much fashion and pop cultural imagery which has received little scholarly attention until now.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAccessible and highly engaging, this book offers an original history of how sunglasses became a fashion accessory in the early twentieth century, and addresses the complex variety of meanings they have the power to articulate, through associations with vision, light, glamour, darkness, fashion, speed and technology in the context of modernity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCool Shades\u003c\/i\u003e will be of great interest to students of fashion, design, visual and material culture, cultural studies and sociology, as well as general readers fascinated by this iconic fashion staple.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Vanessa Brown\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0857854445\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780857854445\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.99lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.50d","brand":"Vanessa Brown","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44449945452799,"sku":"9780857854445","price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3073d857-a0c7-4089-a207-a00a03a488c9.jpg?v=1698501893","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/cool-shades-vanessa-brown-9780857854445","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}