When Broadway was the runway : theater, fashion, and American culture / / Marlis Schweitzer.

• Author: ProQuest (Firm); Schweitzer, Marlis.
• TeilnehmendeR: ProQuest (Firm)
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 310 p. :; ill.

Table of Contents

• 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.