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British Chimney Sweeps
New Amsterdam Books 2001; US$ 15.99The art and science of chimney sweeping, from the development of chimneys in the twelfth century to the patenting of mechanical devices in the late nineteenth century. Included are the personalities who dominated the trade (which surprisingly included several women sweeps); illustrations of the tools of the trade; sweeping techniques; the impact of... more...
Medieval Garments Reconstructed
Aarhus University Press 2011; US$ 22.00Short introduction to the amazing finds of garments from the Norse settlement of Herjolfnes in Greenland by Else Østergård. Chapters on technique: production of the tread, dyeing, weaving techniques, cutting and sewing by Anna Nørgaard. Measurements and drawing of garments, hoods, and stockings with sewing instructions by Lilli Frandsen. A practical... more...
Cultures of Femininity in Modern Fashion
University of New Hampshire Press 2012; US$ 29.99An interdisciplinary collection illuminating how fashion shaped concepts and practices of femininity and modernity more...
Unveiling Fashion
Palgrave Macmillan 2012; US$ 42.00Proposing a comprehensive account of the global fashion industry this book aims to present fashion as a social and cultural fact. Drawing on six principles from the industry, Godart guides the reader through the economic, social and political arena of the world's most glamorous industry. more...
The Places and Spaces of Fashion 1800-2007
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 39.95The Places and Spaces of Fashion, 1800-2007 brings together art, design, fashion, and a much neglected concern for its spatial realities. The spaces and places of fashion have often been overlooked in the writing of fashion history and visual culture. More often than not, however, these environments mitigate, control, inform, and enhance how fashion... more...
Me and My Hair
Andrews UK 2013; US$ 11.99Good hair day? Bad hair day? Hair has always evoked strong emotions.In this fascinating book, Patricia Malcolmson examines how British women over the past 150 years have managed their hair, from the extravagant styles of the late nineteenth century to the anything goes attitude of today, taking in along the way the daring bobs of the 1920s,... more...
Dress to Express
New World Library 2012; Not Available?Why do some women exude confidence and look great in their clothes and others never feel good about how they look, no matter what they wear? And why do we claim we have ?nothing to wear? when our closets are bursting with choices? Clothing and dressing anxiety ? what Tracy McWilliams calls closet trauma ? occurs because we lack a clear sense of self... more...
The Face of Fashion
Taylor and Francis 1993; US$ 66.95The Face of Fashion breaks new ground in the study of fashion by establishing the relations between the codes and systems of clothing and the conduct of everyday life. It addresses men's and women's fashion and gender identity. more...
The Fabric of Cultures
Taylor and Francis 2008; US$ 39.95Fashion is both public and private, material and symbolic, always caught within the lived experience and providing an incredible tool to study culture and history. The Fabric of Cultures examines the impact of fashion as a manufacturing industry and as a culture industry that shapes the identities of nations and cities in a cross-cultural perspective,... more...
An Intimate Affair
University of California Press 2007; US$ 17.56Intimate apparel, a term in use by 1921, has played a crucial role in the development of the "naughty but nice" feminine ideal that emerged in the twentieth century. Jill Fields's engaging, imaginative, and sophisticated history of twentieth-century lingerie tours the world of women's intimate apparel and arrives at nothing less than a sweeping view... more...









