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This new edition of a classic work offers a concise introduction to the sociology of fashion, and demystifies the workings of the fashion system. From the origins of fashion …

Trademark-protected since 1910, the famous woollen cloth known as Harris Tweed can only be produced in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland - yet it is exported to over 50 countries …

"Luxury Fashion and Culture" focuses on the study of how humans use high quality, highly pleasurable, and frequently rare products, services, and experiences to distinguish to …

This book explores the thinking behind casuals and their cons-umption of brands then and now, explained from a female casual perspective. And wha? - Collated and curated by female …

Telling stories drawn from across history, The Colour of Fashion delves into the significance of colour in dress, and explores how the symbolism has shifted over time.

Illustrated with fabulous images from Vogue's archive, Vogue: The Gown is the ultimate book for fashion lovers.In Vogue: The Gown, Jo Ellison has gathered more than 300 images and …

Historical Pattern Archive 2 features a collection of women's period garment patterns taken from The Historic Clothing Collection at the University of Virginia.The book offers an …

The best new research on medieval clothing and textiles, drawing from a range of disciplines.The usual wide range of approaches to garments and fabrics appears in this tenth …

While traditional studies of dress and jewellery have tended to focus purely on reconstruction or descriptions of style, chronology and typology, the social context of costume is …

This book, from Europe’s leading Mask director and co-founder of the Trestle Theatre Company, provides a fascinating demystification of the process of using masks.Full of simple …