As portraits, private diaries, and estate inventories make clear, elite families of the Italian Renaissance were obsessed with fashion, investing as much as forty percent of their fortunes on clothing. In fact, the most elaborate outfits of the period could cost more than a good-sized farm out in the Mugello. Yet despite its prominence in both ......
Dressing Modern Frenchwomen draws from thousands of magazine covers, advertisements, fashion columns, and features to uncover and untangle the fascinating relationships among the fashion industry, the development of modern marketing techniques, and the evolution of the modern woman as active, mobile, and liberated.
British Naval Uniform, Masculinity and Contemporary Fashions, 1748-1857
A detailed exploration of naval identity, period
fashion and masculinity.
This fully updated and expanded second edition of
the 2007 publication provides a detailed analysis of
naval uniform and its historical, social and economic
contexts. An extensive catalogue of uniforms from
the collection of the National Maritime Museum
is accompanied by a ......
Often condemned as a form of oppression, fashion could and did allow women to express modern gender identities and promote feminist ideas. Einav Rabinovitch-Fox examines how clothes empowered women, and particularly women barred from positions of influence due to race or class. Moving from 1890s shirtwaists through the miniskirts and unisex styles ......
Often condemned as a form of oppression, fashion could and did allow women to express modern gender identities and promote feminist ideas. Einav Rabinovitch-Fox examines how clothes empowered women, and particularly women barred from positions of influence due to race or class. Moving from 1890s shirtwaists through the miniskirts and unisex styles ......
Confronting Trauma and Anxiety in America's Schools
Documenting the trauma and anxiety in our schools as a result of the constant threat of a school shooting, the authors of Dress Rehearsals for Gun Violence share personal voices grounded in research that support the need to respond to our most valued stakeholders-students.
Confronting Trauma and Anxiety in America's Schools
Documenting the trauma and anxiety in our schools as a result of the constant threat of a school shooting, the authors of Dress Rehearsals for Gun Violence share personal voices grounded in research that support the need to respond to our most valued stakeholders-students.
