Fashioning the fab four
The visual identities of the Beatles
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23029018 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Charlotte Wilkins (Art historian), Ian Inglis (Northumbria University) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 207-221 |
| Publication date | 2015-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Fashion Style & Popular Culture (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2050-0726 • E-ISSN: 2050-0734 |
| Publisher | Intellect (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1386/fspc.2.2.207_1 |
| OpenAlex | W2323810119 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
Many historical analyses of the cultural impact of the Beatles have noted, but failed to explore, the overall significance of the group’s visual imagery. In a decade when fashion and music became recognized as two of the principal elements in British popular culture and quickly developed into profitable global businesses, the group’s stylistic choices and modes of display became crucial components of its continuing story. Inspired by influences drawn from the United States, Liverpool, Hamburg, London and India, the Beatles presented a succession of visual identities that charted their transition from a local, semi-professional group of musicians to international arbiters of taste and style. Their manipulation of new and existing styles also paralleled the Beatles’ departure from a career built around a collective sensibility to one characterized by the rejection of uniformity and the demonstration of an unexpected independence.
Aesthetics · Art · Collective identity · Independence (probability theory) · Literature · Political science · Postmodernism · Sensibility · Sociology · Style (visual arts) · Taste · Visual arts · Cultural Industries and Urban Development · Fashion and Cultural Textiles · History · Law · Music History and Culture · Psychology
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,75 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2024 (3) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |