The Culture of Fashion : A New History of Fashionable Dress Paperback / softback
by Christopher Breward
Part of the Studies in Design and Material Culture series
Paperback / softback
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This illustrated survey of 600 years of fashion investigates its cultural and social meanings from medieval Europe to 20th-century America.
It provides a guide to the changes in style and taste, and challenges existing fashion histories, showing that clothes have always played a pivotal role in defining a sense of identity and society, especially when concerned with sexual and body politics.
With a chronological structure, each chapter focuses on both male and female fashion of a specific period, covering its fascinating developments.
It discusses: androgynous dressing; body piercing; fabrics, clothing and the rise of city life; dress, and the changing shape of the human body; controversies surrounding trousers and leg wear for both men and women; exposure of flesh; fashion and social status; and the dissemination of fashion through travel, film, magazines and catwalk shows. -- .
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In Stock - Less than 10 copies availableFree UK DeliveryEstimated delivery 2-3 working days
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:264 pages, Illustrations, black & white
- Publisher:Manchester University Press
- Publication Date:02/03/1995
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- ISBN:9780719041259
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In Stock - Less than 10 copies availableFree UK DeliveryEstimated delivery 2-3 working days
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:264 pages, Illustrations, black & white
- Publisher:Manchester University Press
- Publication Date:02/03/1995
- Category:
- ISBN:9780719041259
