The Culture of Fashion: A New History of Fashionable Dress (Studies in Design and Material Culture)
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Book info: The Culture of Fashion: A New History of Fashionable Dress (Studies in Design and Material Culture) (Paperback, 244 pages) – Manchester Univ Pr, 1995. Language: English. This illustrated survey of 600 years of fashion investigates its cultural and social meaning from medieval Europe to twentieth-century America. Breward's work...
Book info: The Culture of Fashion: A New History of Fashionable Dress (Studies in Design and Material Culture) (Paperback, 244 pages) – Manchester Univ Pr, 1995. Language: English.
This illustrated survey of 600 years of fashion investigates its cultural and social meaning from medieval Europe to twentieth-century America. Breward's work provides the reader with a clear guide to the changes in style and taste and shows that clothes have always played a pivotal role in defining a sense of identity and society, especially when concerned with sexual and body politics.