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The Culture of Fashion

Paperback • 1995 • English

The Culture of Fashion

By Christopher Breward

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About the book

This illustrated survey of 600 years of fashion investigates its cultural and social meanings from medieval Europe to 20th-century America. It provides a guide to the changes in style and taste, and challenges existing fashion histories, showing that clothes have always played a pivotal role in defining a sense of identity and society, especially when concerned with sexual and body politics. With a chronological structure, each chapter focuses on both male and female fashion of a specific period...Show more

Sociology
Fashion and style guides

Book details

ISBN

9780719041259

Published year

1995

Language

English

Original title

The Culture of Fashion

Format

Paperback

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