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Item Details
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THE CULTURE OF FASHION
A NEW HISTORY OF FASHIONABLE DRESS |
| By: |
Christopher Breward |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£45.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0719041244 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780719041242 |
| Publisher: |
MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
1 February, 1995 |
| Series: |
Studies in Design and Material Culture |
| Pages: |
272 |
| Description: |
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, showing that clothes have always played a pivotal role in defining a sense of identity and society. |
| Synopsis: |
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: andrognous 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. |
| Illustrations: |
10 colour illustrations, 90 b&w illustrations, bibliography, index |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Manchester University Press |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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