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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.

Author/Creator:

Ford, Richard T. (Richard Thompson) , author

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Dress codes: how the laws of fashion made history [by Ford, R.T.]

Other Related Resources:

Print version: Dress Codes [by Thompson Ford, R.] (New York : Simon & Schuster, ©2021 — ISBN 9781501180064)

Subjects:

Clothing and dress — Social aspects — History

Dress codes — History

Clothing and dress — Law and legislation — History

Sumptuary laws — History

Clothing and dress — Social aspects

Clothing and dress

Dress codes

Clothing and dress — Law and legislation

Sumptuary laws

Genres:

History

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on: Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 18, 2021).

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations (some color)

Digital Characteristics:

text file

Call Numbers:

GT525 .F67 2021eb

ISBNs:

9781501180095 (electronic book)
1501180096 (electronic book)
9781501180064 (hardcover) [Invalid]
1501180061 (hardcover) [Invalid]

OCLC Numbers:

1235593405