The Culture of Fashion
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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.
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The Complete Costume History / Vollständige Kostümgeschichte / Le Costume Historique Shares fashion, fashion history, nonfiction -
What People Wore When: A Complete Illustrated History of Costume from Ancient Times to the Nineteenth Century for Every Level of Society Shares fashion, history, nonfiction -
The Dictionary of Fashion History Shares fashion history, fashion -
Fashion in the Time of Jane Austen Shares fashion, nonfiction, history
