Fashion & society books

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Fashion and Fetishism: Corsets, Tight-Lacing and Other Forms of Body-Sculpture

Fashion and Fetishism: Corsets, Tight-Lacing and Other...

Author: David Kunzle
ISBN: 9780750938099
Format: Paperback
$34.99

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Fashionable Clothing from the Sears Catalogs: Late 1930s

Fashionable Clothing from the Sears Catalogs: Late 1930s...

Author: Tammy Ward ,  Tina Skinner
ISBN: 9780764324857
Format: Paperback
$62.99

"Part of a comprehensive series by Schiffer Publishing on fashions from the Sears catalogs, this latest time capsule...  Read More >>

High Fashion Hats, 1950-1980

High Fashion Hats, 1950-1980

Author: Rose Jamieson ,  Joanne Deardorff
ISBN: 9780764324505
Format: Paperback
$62.99

Pretty flowers, expert styling, and flattering designs characterize some of the features that define high fashion...  Read More >>

Guatemala's Masks and Drama

Guatemala's Masks and Drama

Author: Jim Pieper
ISBN: 9780826341433
Format: Paperback
$118.80

Presents masks, accompanied by contextual photographs. This work also explains how to evaluate the age of a mask...  Read More >>

Shoes: A History from Sandals to Sneakers

Shoes: A History from Sandals to Sneakers

Author: Peter McNeil (University of Technology, Sydney, Australia) ,  Prof. Giorgio Riello (University of Warwick, UK)
ISBN: 9781845204433
Format: Hardback
$131.87

"Features everything you want to know about shoes, including the tiny crushing shoes of China, the infamous chopine...  Read More >>

Fun Handbags

Fun Handbags

Author: Desire Smith
ISBN: 9780764324932
Format: Paperback
$62.99

Fascinating, fabulous, and fun twentieth century handbags are a delight to look at, to carry, and to collect. The...  Read More >>

Fashion. A History from the 18th to the 20th century

Fashion. A History from the 18th to the 20th century...

Author: Taschen
ISBN: 9783822827635
Format: Hardback
$158.37

Take a trip through 200 years of fashion history with this two-volume publication showcasing the extensive collection...  Read More >>

Textile: The Journal of Cloth and Culture

Textile: The Journal of Cloth and Culture

Author: Pennina Barnett ,  Doran Ross
ISBN: 9781845205058
Format: Paperback
$81.71

Aims to bring together research in a distinctive academic forum. Representing a set of critical practices, this...  Read More >>

Women'S Hats, Headdresses and Hairstyles: With 453 Illustrations, Medieval to Modern

Women'S Hats, Headdresses and Hairstyles: With 453 Illustrations,...

Author: Georgine De Courtais
ISBN: 9780486448503
Format: Paperback
$44.99

A chronologically arranged sociohistorical account of changing trends and styles, from Anglo-Saxon England to the...  Read More >>

Costume and Ornament of the Middle Ages in Full Color

Costume and Ornament of the Middle Ages in Full Color...

Author: Carol Belanger Grafton
ISBN: 9780486447650
Format: Paperback
$39.47

Ranging from knights in battle to ladies playing the harp and organ, this archive documents clothing styles of kings...  Read More >>

My Mother's Wedding Dress: The Life and Afterlife of Clothes

My Mother's Wedding Dress: The Life and Afterlife of...

Author: Justine Picardie
ISBN: 9780330413077
Format: Paperback
$33.61

A wonderfully evocative memoir about what we wear - that goes far more than skin deep  Read More >>

A Well Dressed Gentlemans Pocket Guide

A Well Dressed Gentlemans Pocket Guide

Author: Oscar Lenius
ISBN: 9781853755699
Format: Hardback
$44.75

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The Language of Fashion

The Language of Fashion

Author: Roland Barthes ,  Andy Stafford
ISBN: 9780909952334
Format: Paperback
$29.95

Roland Barthes, widely regarded as one of the most subtle and perceptive critics of the twentieth century, was particularly...  Read More >>

From the Kitchen to the Parlor: Language and Becoming in African American Women's Hair Care

From the Kitchen to the Parlor: Language and Becoming...

Author: Lanita Jacobs-Huey (Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, University of Southern California)
ISBN: 9780195304152
Format: Hardback
$181.95

"When is hair ""just hair"" and when is it not ""just hair""? Documenting the politics of African American women's...  Read More >>

Costume 1066 to the Present

Costume 1066 to the Present

Author: John Peacock
ISBN: 9780500286029
Format: Paperback
$52.67

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Viking Clothing

Viking Clothing

Author: Thor Ewing
ISBN: 9780752435879
Format: Paperback
$56.93

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The Tudor Tailor: Reconstructing Sixteenth-Century Dress

The Tudor Tailor: Reconstructing Sixteenth-Century Dress...

Author: Jane Malcolm-Davies ,  Ninya Mikhaila
ISBN: 9780713489859
Format: Paperback
$39.99

A valuable sourcebook for costume designers, dressmakers and those involved in historical reenactments, this book...  Read More >>

Textile: The Journal of Cloth and Culture

Textile: The Journal of Cloth and Culture

Author: Pennina Barnett ,  Doran Ross
ISBN: 9781845204235
Format: Paperback
$79.07

Brings together research in an academic forum. This work provides a platform for points of departure between art...  Read More >>

Believing Identity: The Journal of Dress, Body and Culture

Believing Identity: The Journal of Dress, Body and Culture...

Author: Amy de la Haye ,  Becky E. Conekin
ISBN: 9781845202750
Format: Paperback
$100.32

Takes as its starting point a definition of 'fashion' as the cultural construction of the embodied identity. This...  Read More >>

Encyclopedia of Hair: A Cultural History

Encyclopedia of Hair: A Cultural History

Author: Victoria Sherrow (Independent Scholar, USA)
ISBN: 9780313331459
Format: Hardback
$133.00

Examines the ways in which hair has served as a signifier of class, gender, ethnicity, conformity/non-comfority,...  Read More >>

Byzantine Dress: Representations of Secular Dress

Byzantine Dress: Representations of Secular Dress

Author: J. Ball
ISBN: 9781403967008
Format: Hardback
$104.00

In Byzantium there were two overlapping systems of dress: a semiotic one whereby dress was a code for rank and wealth,...  Read More >>

1,000 Hats

1,000 Hats

Author: Norma Shephard
ISBN: 9780764324031
Format: Hardback
$85.00

Over 1,240 images of museum quality hats show millinery history from the 1790s to the 1970s and include ascots,...  Read More >>

Spinning Straw into Gold: What Fairy Tales Reveal About the Transformations in a Woman's Life

Spinning Straw into Gold: What Fairy Tales Reveal About...

Author: Joan Gould
ISBN: 9780812975451
Format: Paperback
$45.00

A brilliant exploration of women's lives and what fairy tales and myths reveal about us -- where we've been and...  Read More >>

Ready-Made Democracy: A History of Men's Dress in the American Republic, 1760-1860

Ready-Made Democracy: A History of Men's Dress in the...

Author: Michael Zakim
ISBN: 9780226977959
Format: Paperback
$65.95

Explores the history of men's dress in America to consider how capitalism and democracy emerged at the center of...  Read More >>

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