Fashion & society books

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Fashion and Modernity

Fashion and Modernity

Author: Caroline Evans ,  Christopher Breward (National Galleries of Scotland, UK)
ISBN: 9781845200275
Format: Hardback
$240.00

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

Western Shirts: A Classic American Fashion

Western Shirts: A Classic American Fashion

Author: Steven E. Weil ,  Daniel DeWeese
ISBN: 9781586852481
Format: Hardback
$105.47

No longer found only on the backs of ol' cow hands from the Rio Grande, or in closets that have been undisturbed...  Read More >>

The London Look: Fashion from Street to Catwalk

The London Look: Fashion from Street to Catwalk

Author: Christopher Breward ,  Edwina Ehrman
ISBN: 9780300103991
Format: Hardback
$137.28

"From Savile Row to Carnaby Street, from the bohemian dress of the Oscar Wilde circle in the nineteenth century...  Read More >>

The Wind On the Heath - A Gypsy Anthology (Romany History Series)

The Wind On the Heath - A Gypsy Anthology (Romany History...

Author: John Sampson
ISBN: 9781905124589
Format: Paperback
$81.71

Containing over 300 items of prose and verse gleaned from classical literature, folklore, history and true Gypsy...  Read More >>

Naked Germany: Health, Race and the Nation

Naked Germany: Health, Race and the Nation

Author: Chad Ross
ISBN: 9781859738665
Format: Paperback
$69.99

Nudist ideology was a potent combination of Darwinism, volkisch nationalism, and nature therapy - all deeply rooted...  Read More >>

Fashion-Ology: An Introduction to Fashion Studies

Fashion-Ology: An Introduction to Fashion Studies

Author: Yuniya Kawamura
ISBN: 9781859738146
Format: Paperback
$73.79

This title provides a concise introduction to the sociology of fashion.  Read More >>

Italian and Spanish Fashion Designers Paper Dolls

Italian and Spanish Fashion Designers Paper Dolls

Author: Tom Tierney
ISBN: 9780486437125
Format: Paperback
$15.71

"Two dolls model the chic creations of Schiaparelli, Balenciaga, Galliano, Adolfo, Armani, Missoni, Valentino, Versace,...  Read More >>

Naked Germany: Health, Race and the Nation

Naked Germany: Health, Race and the Nation

Author: Chad Ross
ISBN: 9781859738610
Format: Hardback
$290.27

Nudist ideology was a potent combination of Darwinism, volkisch nationalism, and nature therapy - all deeply rooted...  Read More >>

Fashion-Ology: An Introduction to Fashion Studies

Fashion-Ology: An Introduction to Fashion Studies

Author: Yuniya Kawamura
ISBN: 9781859738092
Format: Hardback
$263.87

Yuniya Kawamura provides a concise and much-needed introduction to the sociology of fashion. She argues that clothing...  Read More >>

Wild: Fashion Untamed

Wild: Fashion Untamed

Author: Andrew Bolton ,  Elyssa Schram Da Cruz
ISBN: 9780300106381
Format: Paperback
$65.87

The book also features fantastical feathered costumes of Las Vegas showgirls and coquettish 'birds of paradise'...  Read More >>

A World of Belts: Africa, Asia, Oceania, America

A World of Belts: Africa, Asia, Oceania, America

Author: Anne Leurquin ,  Mauro Magliani
ISBN: 9788884918659
Format: Hardback
$125.00

Documents one of the premier collections of ethnic belts from around the world. Few publications have focused so...  Read More >>

Story Telling Lessons

Story Telling Lessons

Author: Henry Edward Tralle
ISBN: 9781419113796
Format: Paperback
$52.67

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

Godey's Early Victorian Fashions Paper Dolls

Godey's Early Victorian Fashions Paper Dolls

Author: Ming-Ju Sun
ISBN: 9780486436876
Format: Paperback
$15.71

Sixteen elegant costumes, adapted from fashion plates in early issues (1838-1858) of the popular 19th-century women's...  Read More >>

Fashion Theory: The Journal of Dress, Body and Culture

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

Author: Margaret Maynard ,  Jennifer Craik
ISBN: 9781859738214
Format: Paperback
$81.71

"The topic of fashion and dress has exploded on the international academic stage. Australia has not been immune...  Read More >>

Textile: The Journal of Cloth and Culture

Textile: The Journal of Cloth and Culture

Author: Pennina Barnett ,  Professor Janis Jefferies
ISBN: 9781859737644
Format: Paperback
$81.71

"A special issue of ""Digital Dialogues 1: Textiles and Technology""."  Read More >>

Old Clothes, New Looks: Second-Hand Fashion

Old Clothes, New Looks: Second-Hand Fashion

Author: Professor Alexandra Palmer ,  Dr Hazel Clark
ISBN: 9781859738573
Format: Paperback
$49.99

The history, global trade and current western revival of interest in used garments as a new form of fashion consciousness...  Read More >>

Fashion Zeitgeist: Trends and Cycles in the Fashion System

Fashion Zeitgeist: Trends and Cycles in the Fashion...

Author: Barbara Vinken ,  Mark Hewson
ISBN: 9781845200442
Format: Paperback
$59.99

This volume shows how beauty, gender, sexuality, commerce and dandyism have persisted in defining the fashion system....  Read More >>

Old Clothes, New Looks: Second-Hand Fashion

Old Clothes, New Looks: Second-Hand Fashion

Author: Professor Alexandra Palmer ,  Dr Hazel Clark
ISBN: 9781859738528
Format: Hardback
$260.00

Presents a three-part focus on the history, the trading culture, and the contemporary refashioning of second hand...  Read More >>

Fashion Zeitgeist: Trends and Cycles in the Fashion System

Fashion Zeitgeist: Trends and Cycles in the Fashion...

Author: Barbara Vinken ,  Mark Hewson
ISBN: 9781845200435
Format: Hardback
$200.00

This volume shows how beauty, gender, sexuality, commerce and dandyism have persisted in defining the fashion system....  Read More >>

Fashion History

Fashion History

Author: Tamami Suoh ,  Akiko Fukai
ISBN: 9783822838570
Format: Paperback
$26.37

Three centuries of women's clothing Founded in 1978, the Kyoto Costume Institute holds one of the world's most extensive...  Read More >>

Woven into the Earth: Textile Finds in Norse Greenland

Woven into the Earth: Textile Finds in Norse Greenland...

Author: Else Ostergaard
ISBN: 9788772889351
Format: Hardback
$131.87

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American Style

American Style

Author: Kelly Killoren Bensimon
ISBN: 9782843236082
Format: Hardback
$132.00

More than 200 American style icons are illustrated and defined in this book dedicated to the ever-changing persona...  Read More >>

Encyclopedia of Clothing and Fashion: Scribner Library of Daily Life

Encyclopedia of Clothing and Fashion: Scribner Library...

Author: Valerie Steele
ISBN: 9780684313948
Format: Hardback
$1425.60

Tracing the stylistic and functional threads that unite clothing across time and cultures - as well as delving into...  Read More >>

Haunted Highways and Byways 1914

Haunted Highways and Byways 1914

Author: Elliott O'Donnell
ISBN: 9781417982325
Format: Paperback
$65.87

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

The Younger Edda 1880

The Younger Edda 1880

Author: Rasmus B. Andersen
ISBN: 9781417977031
Format: Paperback
$76.43

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