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The Englishness of English Dress

The Englishness of English Dress

Author: Christopher Breward (National Galleries of Scotland, UK) ,  Becky Conekin
ISBN: 9781859735282
Format: Paperback
$79.99

With chapters authored by leading scholars in the fields of costume history, social history and cultural studies...  Read More >>

The Englishness of English Dress

The Englishness of English Dress

Author: Christopher Breward (National Galleries of Scotland, UK) ,  Becky Conekin
ISBN: 9781859735237
Format: Hardback
$240.00

With chapters authored by leading scholars in the fields of costume history, social history and cultural studies...  Read More >>

One Thousand Beards: A Cultural History of Facial Hair

One Thousand Beards: A Cultural History of Facial Hair...

Author: Allan Peterkin
ISBN: 9781551521077
Format: Paperback
$31.95

A fun, pop-culture take on the history of facial hair, with numerous B&W illustrations and photos. As recently seen...  Read More >>

The Study of Dress History

The Study of Dress History

Author: Lou Taylor ,  Christopher Breward
ISBN: 9780719040658
Format: Paperback
$45.99

Over the past ten years the study of dress history has achieved academic respectability. This book shows how the...  Read More >>

Roman Clothing and Fashion

Roman Clothing and Fashion

Author: A. T. Croom
ISBN: 9780752425122
Format: Paperback
$47.99

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Masks and Masking in Medieval and Early Tudor England

Masks and Masking in Medieval and Early Tudor England...

Author: Meg Twycross ,  Sarah Carpenter
ISBN: 9780754602309
Format: Hardback
$273.00

Some characters in some medieval English mysteries wore masks. Why should this have been and what did it contribute...  Read More >>

Oro Plata

Oro Plata

Author: Daniele Carbonel ,  Peter Muller
ISBN: 9782843230356
Format: Hardback
$198.00

Oro Plata is a show-case both for the history and tradition of these costumes and for the living legends of the...  Read More >>

Shawls

Shawls

Author: Pamela Clabburn
ISBN: 9780747805243
Format: Paperback
$31.55

The shawl, either woven, printed, knitted, crocheted or embroidered, has been a fashion accessory for more than...  Read More >>

Fashion Theory: The Journal of Dress, Body and Culture

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

Author: Valerie Steele ,  Carol Tulloch
ISBN: 9781859735176
Format: Paperback
$81.71

Aims to widen the body of theoretical work on fashion photography, and its establishment as a legitimate, though...  Read More >>

Asia's Maritime Bead Trade: 300 B.C. to the Present

Asia's Maritime Bead Trade: 300 B.C. to the Present...

Author: Peter W. Francis
ISBN: 9780824823320
Format: Hardback
$142.56

This study provides a detailed description of the ancient and enduring trade in beads that spans more than two millennia...  Read More >>

Women's Dress in the Ancient Greek World

Women's Dress in the Ancient Greek World

Author: Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones ,  Sue Blundeel
ISBN: 9780715631300
Format: Hardback
$183.48

The clothing and ornament of Greek women signalled much about the status and the morality assigned to them. This...  Read More >>

Kimono

Kimono

Author: Liza Dalby
ISBN: 9780099428992
Format: Paperback
$29.99

The colourful and stylised kimono, the national garment of Japan, expresses not only Japanese fashion and design...  Read More >>

Fashionable Clothing from the Sears Catalogs: Early 1960s

Fashionable Clothing from the Sears Catalogs: Early...

Author: Tina Skinner
ISBN: 9780764314711
Format: Paperback
$62.99

"Hundreds of photos reveal the pleats, embroidery, shirring, and fur that were among some of the big fashion ""must-haves.""...  Read More >>

Little Black Dress

Little Black Dress

Author: Didier Ludot
ISBN: 9782843232893
Format: Hardback
$66.00

An essential piece of clothing in a woman's closet, the little black dress has maintained its popularity through...  Read More >>

The Little Book of Ties

The Little Book of Ties

Author: Francois Chaille
ISBN: 9782080106254
Format: Paperback
$34.19

Whether neckties, bow ties, or cravats, whether in classic silk or more modern designer versions in tweed or even...  Read More >>

Bound to Please: A History of the Victorian Corset

Bound to Please: A History of the Victorian Corset

Author: Leigh Summers
ISBN: 9781859735305
Format: Hardback
$280.00

Corsets, and the corseted body, have been fetishized, mythologized, romanticized. This Victorian icon has inspired...  Read More >>

Couture and Commerce: The Transatlantic Fashion Trade in the 1950s

Couture and Commerce: The Transatlantic Fashion Trade...

Author: Alexandra Palmer
ISBN: 9780774808262
Format: Hardback
$219.12

Couture and Commerce investigates how and why 1950s couture fashion was important in its own day.  Read More >>

British Costume from Earliest Times to 1820

British Costume from Earliest Times to 1820

Author: Charles H. Ashdown
ISBN: 9780486418131
Format: Paperback
$50.03

Members of the Society for Creative Anachronism, as well as others interested in the history of costume, will be...  Read More >>

Specs Appeal: Extravagant 1950s & 1960s Eyewear

Specs Appeal: Extravagant 1950s & 1960s Eyewear

Author: Leslie Piña
ISBN: 9780764314032
Format: Hardback
$85.00

"""The eyes have it,"" in this colorful selection of outrageously whimsical eyeglass stylings from the fabulous...  Read More >>

Various Styles Of Clothing

Various Styles Of Clothing

Author: Francois Deserps ,  Sara Shannon
ISBN: 9780816640133
Format: Hardback
$48.95

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Fashion and Its Social Agendas: Class, Gender, and Identity in Clothing

Fashion and Its Social Agendas: Class, Gender, and Identity...

Author: Diana Crane (University of Pennsylvania, USA and University of Paris, France)
ISBN: 9780226117997
Format: Paperback
$61.95

It has long been said that clothes make the man (or woman), but is it still true? If so, how has the information...  Read More >>

The Devil's Cloth: A History of Stripes and Striped Fabric

The Devil's Cloth: A History of Stripes and Striped...

Author: Michel Pastoureau ,  Jody Gladding
ISBN: 9780231123662
Format: Hardback
$65.95

What do prostitutes, referees, and Renaissance clowns have in common? They all wear stripes, and The Devil's Cloth...  Read More >>

Aprons of the Mid-Twentieth Century: To Serve & Protect

Aprons of the Mid-Twentieth Century: To Serve & Protect...

Author: Judy Florence
ISBN: 9780764313417
Format: Paperback
$62.99

Frilly, lacy, sweet, and sexy--aprons defined a generation of happy housewives and hostesses. Today these filmy,...  Read More >>

Body Dressing

Body Dressing

Author: Dr Joanne Entwistle ,  Elizabeth Wilson (Independent Scholar, UK)
ISBN: 9781859734445
Format: Paperback
$69.99

This title examines the way in which the dress acts on the body and is integral to our experience of embodiment....  Read More >>

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