Fashioning Submission

Unlike in the United Kingdom and France, where fashion during the Second
World War is extensively debated, in Italy it is an under researched
topic, and the behind-the-scenes history of the fashion magazine
"Bellezza" - the Italian "Vogue" - launched in 1941, has never been
submitted to scholarly attention; even though its utopian function in
defining a new culture of fashion and code of glamour contributed to the
totalitarian project of building a 'new Italian woman'. The current
volume aspires to fill this gap, using the case of "Bellezza" as a
kaleidoscope for looking through Italian history and culture, drawing on
new primary sources and extraordinary iconography.