Dress and Identity in America is an examination of the conservatism and materialism that swept across the country in the late 1940s through the 1950s-a backlash

Slaves to Fashion is a pioneering cultural history of the black dandy, from his emergence in Enlightenment England to his contemporary incarnations in the cosmo

It has long been said that clothes make the man (or woman), but is it still true today? If so, how has the information clothes convey changed over the years? Us

Presents a wide ranging examination of the social roles of dressed bodies in ancient contexts, texts, and images.

This beautiful book presents a fascinating array of complete women's and girls' outfits dating from the 1830s to the present, including dresses, shawls, shoes,