Fashion & society books

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Keeping Up Appearances: Fashion and Class Between the Wars

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

Author: Catherine Horwood
ISBN: 9780750939577
Format: Hardback
$55.00

The British have always been concerned about accent, appearance and class, but the cliche 'keeping up appearances'...  Read More >>

Fashions 1910-20

Fashions 1910-20

Author: Ken Arnold
ISBN: 9781875342563
Format: Paperback
$29.95

A look at the Haute Monde of Australian fashion in the early twentieth century.  Read More >>

The European Roots of Canadian Identity

The European Roots of Canadian Identity

Author: Philip Resnick
ISBN: 9781551117058
Format: Paperback
$44.99

"""This book offers an engaging insight into the European origins of the national values of Canadians and their...  Read More >>

Medieval Clothing and Textiles 1

Medieval Clothing and Textiles 1

Author: Robin Netherton (Author) ,  Professor Gale R. Owen-Crocker
ISBN: 9781843831235
Format: Hardback
$184.80

First volume in new series dedicated to medieval clothing and textiles, drawing from a range of disciplines and...  Read More >>

The Clothed Body in the Ancient World

The Clothed Body in the Ancient World

Author: Liza Cleland ,  Mary Harlow
ISBN: 9781842171653
Format: Paperback
$93.15

The recent renaissance of interest in the history of dress and its cultural importance is celebrated in this collection...  Read More >>

The Handbook Of Folklore

The Handbook Of Folklore

Author: Laurence Gomme
ISBN: 9781417961047
Format: Paperback
$65.87

This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishings Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it...  Read More >>

Textile: The Journal of Cloth and Culture

Textile: The Journal of Cloth and Culture

Author: Pennina Barnett (Independent Scholar, UK) ,  Doran Ross
ISBN: 9781859737699
Format: Paperback
$81.71

Textile is an international and peer-reviewed journal that brings together research in textile studies in an innovative...  Read More >>

Man Appeal: Advertising, Modernism and Menswear

Man Appeal: Advertising, Modernism and Menswear

Author: Paul Jobling (Parsons New School, Paris, France)
ISBN: 9781845200879
Format: Paperback
$69.99

Replete with confident head-turners, many posters of the period featured dandies knowingly offering up their bodies...  Read More >>

The Latin American Fashion Reader

The Latin American Fashion Reader

Author: Dr Regina Root
ISBN: 9781859738931
Format: Paperback
$61.99

Presents an assessment of Latin America's influence on global fashion. This work examines the significance of textiles...  Read More >>

Clothing as Material Culture

Clothing as Material Culture

Author: Susanne Küchler (University College London, UK) ,  Daniel Miller (Professor of Anthropology, University College London, UK)
ISBN: 9781845200671
Format: Paperback
$64.99

In recent years, there has been a spate of books theorizing fashion. Few, however, take on board the artefactual...  Read More >>

Twentieth-Century American Fashion

Twentieth-Century American Fashion

Author: Patricia Cunningham ,  Linda Welters (University of Rhode Island, USA)
ISBN: 9781845200732
Format: Paperback
$61.99

Americans began the twentieth century standing in Europe's sartorial shadow, yet ended by outfitting the world in...  Read More >>

Fashion Theory: The Journal of Dress, Body and Culture

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

Author: Valerie Steele
ISBN: 9781859738269
Format: Paperback
$81.71

Fashion Theory takes as its starting point a definition of 'fashion' as the cultural construction of the embodied...  Read More >>

The Latin American Fashion Reader

The Latin American Fashion Reader

Author: Dr Regina Root
ISBN: 9781859738887
Format: Hardback
$260.00

Presents an assessment of Latin America's influence on global fashion. This work examines the significance of textiles...  Read More >>

Twentieth-Century American Fashion

Twentieth-Century American Fashion

Author: Patricia Cunningham ,  Linda Welters
ISBN: 9781845200725
Format: Hardback
$284.63

Americans began the twentieth century standing in Europe's sartorial shadow, yet ended by outfitting the world in...  Read More >>

Clothing as Material Culture

Clothing as Material Culture

Author: Susanne Küchler (University College London, UK) ,  Daniel Miller (Professor of Anthropology, University College London, UK)
ISBN: 9781845200664
Format: Hardback
$240.00

Social scientists, though interested in fashion theories, have rarely addressed the material qualities of clothing....  Read More >>

Man Appeal: Advertising, Modernism and Menswear

Man Appeal: Advertising, Modernism and Menswear

Author: Paul Jobling (Parsons New School, Paris, France)
ISBN: 9781845200862
Format: Hardback
$240.00

Provides an evaluation of the history of men's fashion advertising in the first half of the twentieth century. Alongwith...  Read More >>

Hidden Underneath: A History of Lingerie

Hidden Underneath: A History of Lingerie

Author: Farid Chenoune
ISBN: 9782843236853
Format: Paperback
$118.80

From the restrictive corsets of the late 1800s to the revealing thongs of the early 20th century, women's lingerie...  Read More >>

Fred Astaire Style

Fred Astaire Style

Author: G. Bruce Boyer
ISBN: 9782843236778
Format: Hardback
$50.03

Replacing the stiff-suited, aristocratic uniform of the day with his looser, more democratic look of tweed sport...  Read More >>

Carried Away: All About Bags

Carried Away: All About Bags

Author: Farid Chenoune ,  Helene David-Weill
ISBN: 9780865651586
Format: Hardback
$198.00

Published to accompany the Le Cas du Sac exhibition, a visual tour of the role of bags as fashion totems features...  Read More >>

Unfashion

Unfashion

Author: Tibor Kalman ,  Maira Tibor
ISBN: 9780810992290
Format: Paperback
$52.67

(un)FASHION scans the globe to show how real people dress: at work and at play, on the streets, and for ceremonial...  Read More >>

Victorian Fashions

Victorian Fashions

Author: Dover Publications Inc
ISBN: 9780486996608
Format: CD-ROM
$39.47

"Features 379 beautifully rendered, black-and-white fashion illustrations from Godey's, Harper's Bazar, and other...  Read More >>

Louis XIV and His Court Paper Dolls

Louis XIV and His Court Paper Dolls

Author: Tom Tierney
ISBN: 9780486438375
Format: Paperback
$15.71

The 17th-century French monarch is portrayed at various ages, along with ladies of the court, in exquisite apparel....  Read More >>

Style and Splendour: The Wardrobe of Queen Maud of Norway 1896-1938

Style and Splendour: The Wardrobe of Queen Maud of Norway...

Author: Anne Kjellberg ,  Susan North
ISBN: 9781851774548
Format: Hardback
$145.20

The appeal of Queen Maud's wardrobe is immediate: apart from its intrinsic quality, it documents an extraordinary...  Read More >>

Fashion and Modernity

Fashion and Modernity

Author: Christopher Breward (National Galleries of Scotland, UK) ,  Caroline Evans
ISBN: 9781845200282
Format: Paperback
$59.99

Drawing on key modernist texts as well as fashion theory and practice, this book seeks broadly to cover the history...  Read More >>

Cowboy Boots

Cowboy Boots

Author: Tyler Beard ,  Jim Arndt
ISBN: 9781586855222
Format: Paperback
$42.21

A collectible and fun little book on America's most fashionable footwear, the Small Boot Book is a close up look...  Read More >>

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