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Bikini Story
Parkstone International 2012; US$ 9.95Im Jahre 1946 entdeckt die Welt auf den Marshallinseln ein Atoll namens Bikini, auf dem die Amerikaner verheerende Atomtests durchführen. Nur wenige Tage später bedient sich der französische Modemacher Louis Réart des skandalträchtigen Namens für ein neuentworfenes Badekostüm, das den weiblichen Körper wie nie zuvor entkleidet, um ihn ? mit einem winzigen... more...
The Art of the Shoe
Parkstone International 2012; US$ 9.95Abandoning a French look on the subject, Mrs. Bossan, the author, develops her study with a dichotomous vision: that of time that touches the history of mankind and that of geography and sociology, which lead to an almost ethnographic analysis. The author dissects the shoe and all that surrounds it: from its history to painting and literature. After... more...
L?Art de la chaussure
Parkstone International 2012; US$ 9.95Qu?y-a-t-il de plus banal qu?une paire de chaussures ? Pourtant, aujourd?hui encore, la moitié de l?humanité n?en connaît pas l?usage. Dans un monde où la chaussure est devenue un objet de consommation, comment oublier que nos arrière-grands-parents ne l?utilisaient que pour les cérémonies et autres occasions exceptionnelles ? L?industrie a accompli... more...
The Story of Men's Underwear
Parkstone International 2012; US$ 9.95Men?s fashion, particularly the trends involving undergarments, was once reserved for the elite; today it has become democratised, clear proof of social progress.The aestheticism of the body so highly valued by the Greeks seems to have regained a prominent place in the masculine world. Mirroring the evolution of society?s values, the history of underwear... more...
L?Histoire des Sous-Vêtements Masculins
Parkstone International 2012; US$ 9.95Si à une certaine époque la mode masculine, et celle des sous-vêtements en particulier, était réservée à une élite, elle tend aujourd?hui à se démocratiser, preuve manifeste de l?évolution de notre société. L?esthétisme du corps tant prisé par les Grecs semble retrouver une place prépondérante dans l?univers masculin. Miroir de l?évolution des moeurs,... more...
Fashion and Psychoanalysis
I.B.Tauris 2012; US$ 26.67In this innovative new book, Alison Bancroft re-examines significant moments in twentieth century fashion history through the focal lens of psychoanalytic theory. Her discussion centres on studies of fashion photography, haute couture, queer dressing, and fashion/art in an attempt to shed new light on these key issues. According to Bancroft, problems... more...
Luxury Fashion and Culture
Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013; US$ 124.95Luxury Fashion and Culture provides new theory, recipes of methods, and findings on how culture helps humans manage and respond to luxury fashion enactments. It is unique in conjoining sociology, psychology, marketing, and economics to advance fashion marketing theory and research. more...
Arab dress
BRILL 2003; US$ 181.00A scholar of history, Near Eastern languages, and women's studies (U. of Oklahoma), Yedida (1946-98) was considered an expert on the history of clothing of the Arab world, both Muslim and Jewish, from medieval to modern times. This book was over three-quarters finished when she died, and her partner and collaborator Norman (history, U. of Oklahoma) more...
Middle Eastern careers in context
Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2003; US$ 199.00Mainstream work on careers tends to be situated within an individualistic paradigm and against a North American/Western European context (although frequently unacknowledged). This paper throws new conceptual and contextual insights on the career concept through its exploration of careers in the Middle East. It draws on articles included in two special... more...
It's True! Fashion Can Be Fatal
Allen & Unwin 2004; US$ 10.86The history of European fashion and fashion folly, this is the seventh book in the fantastic non-fiction series, It's True! more...









