| The culture of fashion: A new history of fashionable dress UK Edition Contributor(s): Breward, Christopher (Author) |
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ISBN: 0719041252 ISBN-13: 9780719041259 Publisher: Manchester University Press OUR PRICE: $23.70 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 1995 Annotation: This major illustrated survey of 600 years of fashion investigation its cultural and social meanings from medieval Europe to twentieth-century America. Breward's ground breaking work provides the reader with a clear guide to the changes in style and taste and shows that clothes have always played a pivotal role in defining a sense of identity and society, especially when concerned with sexual and body politics. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Health & Fitness | Beauty & Grooming - General - Social Science |
| Dewey: 391 |
| LCCN: 94005415 |
| Series: Studies in Design and Material Culture |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 6.6" W x 9.2" (1.40 lbs) 264 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher 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, 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. |