Fashion & society books

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Fashion and Music

Fashion and Music

Author: Janice Miller
ISBN: 9781847884145
Format: Hardback
$200.00

The first book to bring together music and fashion and situate both within the context of popular culture.  Read More >>

The Politics of Dress in Somali Culture

The Politics of Dress in Somali Culture

Author: Heather M. Akou
ISBN: 9780253223135
Format: Paperback
$39.95

Politics and culture in everyday apparel  Read More >>

The Politics of Dress in Somali Culture

The Politics of Dress in Somali Culture

Author: Heather M. Akou
ISBN: 9780253356291
Format: Hardback
$184.80

Politics and culture in everyday apparel  Read More >>

Zoot Suit: The Enigmatic Career of an Extreme Style

Zoot Suit: The Enigmatic Career of an Extreme Style...

Author: Kathy Peiss
ISBN: 9780812243376
Format: Hardback
$65.87

Focusing on the most notorious fashion of the 1940s, Zoot Suit traces its enigmatic career during World War II and...  Read More >>

Early Christian Dress: Gender, Virtue, and Authority

Early Christian Dress: Gender, Virtue, and Authority...

Author: Kristi Upson-Saia
ISBN: 9780415890014
Format: Hardback
$315.00

This is the first full-length monograph on the subject of dress in early Christianity. It pays attention to the...  Read More >>

Icons of Men s Style

Icons of Men s Style

Author: Josh Sims
ISBN: 9781856697224
Format: Paperback
$79.07

Womenswear progresses in leaps and bounds, fuelled by the readiness of women to wear what may at the time be perceived...  Read More >>

What I Wore: Four Seasons, One Closet, Endless Recipes for Personal Style

What I Wore: Four Seasons, One Closet, Endless Recipes...

Author: Jessica Quirk
ISBN: 9780345526106
Format: Paperback
$47.52

Quirk, the blogger behind What I Wore, a personal fashion-based blog she's written since 2008, explains season by...  Read More >>

Keeping Up Appearances: Fashion and Class Between the Wars

Keeping Up Appearances: Fashion and Class Between the...

Author: Catherine Horwood
ISBN: 9780752460505
Format: Paperback
$34.99

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Fashion Theory: The Journal of Dress, Body and Culture

Fashion Theory: The Journal of Dress, Body and Culture...

Author: Lisa Skov ,  Marie Riegels Melchior
ISBN: 9781847888112
Format: Paperback
$94.91

Special issue on New European Fashion Centres While the major fashion cities have been studied in detail, research...  Read More >>

Stays and Body Image in London: The Staymaking Trade, 1680–1810

Stays and Body Image in London: The Staymaking Trade,...

Author: Lynn Sorge-English
ISBN: 9781848930896
Format: Hardback
$252.00

This book fills a significant gap in the literature on eighteenth-century social and cultural history. Starting...  Read More >>

The Clothing Trade in Provincial England, 1800–1850

The Clothing Trade in Provincial England, 1800–1850...

Author: Alison Toplis
ISBN: 9781848931169
Format: Hardback
$326.00

This detailed study is the first exploration of rural consumption of clothing in early nineteenth-century Britain....  Read More >>

Fashion, Desire and Anxiety: Image and Morality in the Twentieth Century

Fashion, Desire and Anxiety: Image and Morality in the...

Author: Rebecca Arnold
ISBN: 9781860645556
Format: Paperback
$53.00

This text argues that fashion and the imagery surrounding it give us a vision of Western culture that is both enticing...  Read More >>

Dolce & Gabbana Icons: 1990-2010

Dolce & Gabbana Icons: 1990-2010

Author: Mondadori Electa SpA
ISBN: 9788837079642
Format: Hardback
$778.80

Celebrates high quality fashion from this famous fashion house, with a specially commissioned photo shoot by Gian...  Read More >>

Vivienne Westwood: Ar Ltd Edition

Vivienne Westwood: Ar Ltd Edition

Author: Vivienne Westwood
ISBN: 9781905794201
Format: Hardback
$1965.00

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To Die For: Is Fashion Wearing out the World?

To Die For: Is Fashion Wearing out the World?

Author: Lucy Siegle
ISBN: 9780007264094
Format: Paperback
$29.99

An expose on the fashion industry written by the Observer's 'Ethical Living' columnist, examining the inhumane and...  Read More >>

Indigo: In Search of the Color That Seduced the World

Indigo: In Search of the Color That Seduced the World...

Author: Catherine E McKinley
ISBN: 9781608195053
Format: Hardback
$71.28

For almost five millennia, in every culture and in every major religion, indigo--a blue pigment obtained from the...  Read More >>

Pomp and Poverty: A History of Silk in Ireland

Pomp and Poverty: A History of Silk in Ireland

Author: Mairead Dunlevy
ISBN: 9780300170412
Format: Hardback
$211.20

Lustrous, warm, lightweight, strong silk has always been a symbol of wealth and status, beginning in prehistoric...  Read More >>

My Mom, Style Icon

My Mom, Style Icon

Author: Piper Weiss
ISBN: 9780811878814
Format: Hardback
$50.03

A celebration of moms through snapshots of the fashions of decades past. This book speaks to the nostalgic bent...  Read More >>

History of Men's Accessories: a Short Guide for Men About Town

History of Men's Accessories: a Short Guide for Men...

Author: Nicholas Storey
ISBN: 9781844681150
Format: Hardback
$57.99

This idiosyncratic book takes the reader on a fascinating journey, from high-end grooming and care, including open...  Read More >>

American Menswear: From the Civil War to the Twenty-First Century

American Menswear: From the Civil War to the Twenty-First...

Author: Daniel Delis Hill
ISBN: 9780896727229
Format: Hardback
$158.27

"If clothes make the man, who makes the clothes—and the trends they inspire? Fashion historian Daniel Delis Hill...  Read More >>

Going Global: The Textile and Apparel Industry

Going Global: The Textile and Apparel Industry

Author: Grace I. Kunz (Professor Emerita, Iowa State University, USA) ,  Myrna B. Garner (Illinois State University, USA)
ISBN: 9781609011062
Format: Paperback
$232.32

Going Global 2nd edition provides a coherent framework for understanding globalisation in the field of textile and...  Read More >>

A Coat of Many Colors: Dress Culture in the Young State of Israel

A Coat of Many Colors: Dress Culture in the Young State...

Author: Anat Helman
ISBN: 9781934843888
Format: Hardback
$270.00

Clothes worn by Israelis in the 1950s reflected political ideologies, economic conditions, military priorities,...  Read More >>

The Moustache Grower's Guide

The Moustache Grower's Guide

Author: Lucien Edwards
ISBN: 9780811878807
Format: Hardback
$26.27

The ever-popular moustache has made a huge comeback, and this guide to growing moustaches is the first of its kind....  Read More >>

Women, Beauty and Power in Early Modern England: A Feminist Literary History

Women, Beauty and Power in Early Modern England: A Feminist...

Author: Edith Snook
ISBN: 9781137503688
Format: Paperback
$145.17

Divided into three sections on cosmetics, clothes and hairstyling, this book explores how early modern women regarded...  Read More >>

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