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Dress codes : how the laws of fashion made history

text Dress codes : how the laws of fashion made history

Summary

A law professor and cultural critic offers an eye-opening exploration of the laws of fashion throughout history, from the middle ages to the present day, examining the canons, mores and customs of clothing rules that we often take for granted.

Contents
Historical milestones and important dress codes -- Introduction -- Status symbols. Encoding status ; Self-fashioning ; Signs of faith ; Sex symbols -- From opulence to elegance. The great masculine renunciation ; Style and status ; Sex and simplic... Read more
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Description
xi, 443 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of unnumbered plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Publisher
Simon & Schuster 2021

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Woodmere (Main Branch) 391.009 FOR in Adult Non-fiction Available
Interlochen Public LIbrary Social Cult Ford in Adult Non-fiction Available

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