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Dress Codes : How The Laws Of Fashion Made History
Paperback Edition: 1
Dress Codes explores how for centuries fashion has marked a pathway for personal liberation and social critique even when it sought to reinforce class, race, and gender hierarchies. From nuns' habits to flappers' fringe to burkinis and hijabs, from Joan of Arc's armor to Martin Luther King's Sunday best, Richard Thompson Ford reveals a history of individual imagination capable of outwitting and recasting even the strictest rules. Ford's writing is sharp, witty, and brilliant, with the elegance and craft of a bespoke suit.
Pages : 464
Publisher : Simon & Schuster
Publication date : 2022-01-18
Subjects: Non-fiction, Published in the USA, Art/design/film, Social Sciences, Industrial / Commercial Art & Design, Sociology, Fashion & Textiles: Design, Fashion & Society