Fashion and Modernity

Fashion and Modernity
Author: Christopher Breward
Publisher:
Total Pages: 278
Release: 2005
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

What is the relationship between fashion and modernity, and how is this unique relationship manifested in the material world? This book considers how the relationship between fashion and modernity tests the very definition of modernity and enhances our understanding of the role of fashion in the modern world.

Fashioning the Bourgeoisie

Fashioning the Bourgeoisie
Author: Philippe Perrot
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 292
Release: 1994
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780691000817

By the middle of the century, men were prompted to disdain the decadent and gaudy colors of the pre-Revolutionary period and wear unrelievedly black frock coats suitable to the manly and serious world of commerce. Their wives and daughters, on the other hand, adorned themselves in bright colors and often uncomfortable and impractical laces and petticoats, to signal the status of their family.

Seeing Through Clothes

Seeing Through Clothes
Author: Anne Hollander
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 538
Release: 1993-03-22
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780520082311

In this generously illustrated book, Anne Hollander examines the representation of the body and clothing in Western art, from Greek sculpture and vase painting through medieval and renaissance portraits, to contemporary films and fashion photography. First published ahead of its time, this book has become a classic.