Fashion & society books

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Fashion & Merchandising Fads

Fashion & Merchandising Fads

Author: Frank Hoffmann ,  Beulah B Ramirez
ISBN: 9781560230311
Format: Paperback
$81.00

Although fads and fashions are, by their nature, hard to pin down, this alphabetic reference captures over 100 of...  Read More >>

Encyclopedia of American Indian Costume

Encyclopedia of American Indian Costume

Author: Josephine Paterek
ISBN: 9780874366853
Format: Hardback
$132.00

This text presents a compendium of the diverse ways in which Native Americans expressed beauty and cultural beliefs...  Read More >>

Vanitas Designs

Vanitas Designs

Author: Gianni Versace ,  Isabella Bossi Fedrigotti
ISBN: 9781558598041
Format: Hardback
$180.00

"This work presents 300 of Versace's highly colourful designs in the world of haute couture since 1982. It follows...  Read More >>

On Fashion

On Fashion

Author: Shari Benstock ,  Suzanne Ferriss
ISBN: 9780813520339
Format: Paperback
$68.51

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Dress in American Culture

Dress in American Culture

Author: Patricia Anne Cunningham ,  Susan Voso Lab
ISBN: 9780879725785
Format: Hardback
$105.47

Early Americans accommodated, adapted, and manipulated their clothing to adjust to their physical and social environment....  Read More >>

The Face of Fashion: Cultural Studies in Fashion

The Face of Fashion: Cultural Studies in Fashion

Author: Jennifer Craik
ISBN: 9780415052627
Format: Paperback
$116.00

The Face of Fashion breaks new ground in the study of fashion by establishing the relations between the codes and...  Read More >>

Chinese Clothing

Chinese Clothing

Author: Valery M. Garrett
ISBN: 9780195864267
Format: Hardback
$120.00

An illustrated account of the development of Chinese dress and accessories from the beginnings of the Ming Dynasty...  Read More >>

How to Make Historic American Costumes

How to Make Historic American Costumes

Author: Mary Evans ,  William-Alan Landes
ISBN: 9780887346361
Format: Undefined
$58.08

(LARGE PRINT EDITION) This book is a facsimile reprint and may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia...  Read More >>

Stockings and Suspenders: A Quick Flash

Stockings and Suspenders: A Quick Flash

Author: Rosemary Hawthorne
ISBN: 9780285631434
Format: Hardback
$23.63

Following on the success of her bestselling 'Knickers and Bras', Rosemary Hawthorne now turns her candid eye on...  Read More >>

Empty Dress: Clothing as Surrogate in Recent Art

Empty Dress: Clothing as Surrogate in Recent Art

Author: Nina Felshin
ISBN: 9780916365394
Format: Paperback
$65.87

30 artists use the theme of clothing to reflect on gender, social status, desire and fetishism. Artists include...  Read More >>

Japanese Immigrant Clothing in Hawaii, 1885-1941

Japanese Immigrant Clothing in Hawaii, 1885-1941

Author: Barbara F Kawakami
ISBN: 9780824813512
Format: Hardback
$198.00

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Dressed to Kill: 100 Years of Fashion

Dressed to Kill: 100 Years of Fashion

Author: Roger Leong
ISBN: 9780642130914
Format: Paperback
$29.95

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Dress and Gender: Making and Meaning

Dress and Gender: Making and Meaning

Author: Ruth Barnes ,  Joanne B. Eicher (The University of Minnesota, USA)
ISBN: 9780854968657
Format: Paperback
$79.99

Dress is one of the most significant markers of gender identity, yet is only rarely explored in depth. This volume...  Read More >>

War Paint: Blackfoot and Sarcee Painted Buffalo Robes in the Royal Ontario Museum

War Paint: Blackfoot and Sarcee Painted Buffalo Robes...

Author: Arni Brownstone
ISBN: 9780888544087
Format: Paperback
$65.87

Blackfoot and Sarcee Painted Buffalo Robes in the Royal Ontario MuseumArni BrownstoneBlackfoot tradition, art, and...  Read More >>

Vidal Sassoon: Und das Bauhaus

Vidal Sassoon: Und das Bauhaus

Author: Gerald Battle-Welch ,  etc.
ISBN: 9783893225132
Format: Hardback
$132.00

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Bras: A Private View

Bras: A Private View

Author: Mary Want ,  Mary Want
ISBN: 9780285630864
Format: Hardback
$27.95

A history of the bra.  Read More >>

Heavenly Soles: Extraordinary 20th Century Shoes

Heavenly Soles: Extraordinary 20th Century Shoes

Author: Mary Trasko
ISBN: 9781558593244
Format: Paperback
$65.87

Reveals the changing position of women in the 20th century - the first era in which it has been fashionable for...  Read More >>

Tattoo, Torture, Mutilation, and Adornment: The Denaturalization of the Body in Culture and Text

Tattoo, Torture, Mutilation, and Adornment: The Denaturalization...

Author: Frances E. Mascia-Lees ,  Patricia Sharpe
ISBN: 9780791410660
Format: Paperback
$79.07

Analyzes the power of culture to encode its messages on the human form.  Read More >>

The Perfume Handbook

The Perfume Handbook

Author: Nigel Groom
ISBN: 9780412463204
Format: Hardback
$306.24

This encyclopaedic reference covers all aspects of modern and traditional perfumery. Each entry includes information...  Read More >>

The Pacaa Nova: Clash of Cultures on the Brazilian Frontier

The Pacaa Nova: Clash of Cultures on the Brazilian Frontier...

Author: Bernard von Graeve
ISBN: 9780921149361
Format: Paperback
$59.99

The Pacaa Nova tells a tragic story, but an entirely fascinating one, with first-hand descriptions that bring the...  Read More >>

Dress Clothing of the Plains Indians

Dress Clothing of the Plains Indians

Author: Ronald P. Koch
ISBN: 9780806121376
Format: Paperback
$52.67

A study of the dress of the Plains Indians which counters the misconception that all the tribes of the central region...  Read More >>

Indian Clothing Before Cortes: Mesoamerican Costumes from the Codices

Indian Clothing Before Cortes: Mesoamerican Costumes...

Author: Patricia Rieff Anawalt ,  H. B. Nicholson
ISBN: 9780806122885
Format: Hardback
$131.87

A description and analysis of the clothing worn in pre-Hispanic Mesoamerica. Each of the cultures discussed had...  Read More >>

The Fashion System

The Fashion System

Author: Roland Barthes ,  RICHARD HOWARD
ISBN: 9780520071773
Format: Paperback
$56.90

Fashion never ceases to interest psychologists, aestheticians and sociologists. Roland Barthes, however, examined...  Read More >>

Dress in North America: The New World, 1492-1800

Dress in North America: The New World, 1492-1800

Author: Diana De Marly
ISBN: 9780841911994
Format: Hardback
$139.73

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American Costume 1915-1970: A Source Book for the Stage Costumer

American Costume 1915-1970: A Source Book for the Stage...

Author: Shirley Miles O’Donnol
ISBN: 9780253205438
Format: Paperback
$47.95

""Lavishly illustrated with original drawings by the author, photographs of costumes now in museum collections,...  Read More >>

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