Mode & samhälle

Delve into the history behind the glamorous baths and spas of Europe to reveal the hidden past of alternative treatments.Popular with people from Romans to royalty and …

Art and fashion have long gone hand in hand, but it was during the modernist period that fashion first gained equal value to and took on the same aesthetic ideals as painting, …

'Elegant and multi-focal. Glorious!' Simon GarfieldThe humble pair of glasses might just be one the world's greatest inventions, allowing millions to see a world that might …

During the era of the French revolution, patriots across Europe tried to introduce a national uniform. This book, the first comparative study of national uniform schemes, discusses …

This major volume aims to re-colour the European world of dress, c.1300-1800. New dyes created one of the most important visual experiences of the period, yet their story has been …

The kimono is an iconic garment with a history as rich and colourful as the textiles from which it is crafted. Deeply associated with Japanese culture both past and present, it has …

Illuminates the interplay of gender, fashion, and nationalism in Victorian literature and culture.Dressing for England argues that women's interest in fashionable clothing-in dress …

Fashion is all around us, and so too is fashion journalism. Discussions of fashion proliferate in an ever-increasing range of media, from newspapers and magazines to tweets and TV …

Exploring style in a global culture In A Rhetoric of Style, Barry Brummett illustrates how style is increasingly a global system of communication as people around the world …

What happens to punks, clubbers, goths, riot grrls, soulies, break-dancers and queer scene participants as they become older? For decades, research on spectacular 'youth cultures' …