Project name | The culture of fashion: a new history of fashionable dress |
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Persons | Christopher Breward |
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URL | http://books.google.it/books?id=MpEwlPqTwnAC&printsec=frontcover&dq=The+Culture+of+Fashion&source=bl&ots=8F_sbny4oo&sig=AYauqavz-vxwMxOj2KFESp8sdps&hl=it&ei=9VV1S6XoBIXB-Qa27uSbCA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CA8Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=&f=false |
Tags | fashion journalism, fashion history, book, clothing, advertising, |
Text | 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. |