Dress codes, how the laws of fashion made history, Richard Thompson Ford
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Dress codes, how the laws of fashion made history, Richard Thompson Ford
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 415-420) and index
Illustrations
platesillustrations
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Dress codes
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
1236208756
Responsibility statement
Richard Thompson Ford
Sub title
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
Table Of 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 simplicity ; The "rational dress" movement ; Flapper feminism -- Power dressing. Slaves to fashion? ; From rags to resistance ; Sagging and subordination -- Politics and personality. How to dress like a woman ; Recoding gender ; Piercing the veil -- Retailored expectations. Merit badges ; Artifice and appropriation -- Conclusion: Decoding dress codes -- Epilogue: Dress codes stripped bare
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