An engaging survey from the Middle Ages to the present, presenting fashion as a complex process that reflects economic, social, and political changes This engaging volume tells the …
Experimental fashion has a dark side, a preoccupation with representations of death, trauma, alienation and decay. This seminal publication offers an unexpected discussion of …
A detailed study of Tudor textiles, highlighting their extravagant beauty and their impact on the royal court, fashion, and taste At the Tudor Court, textiles were ubiquitous in …
A wide-ranging and beautifully illustrated history of the fashion associated with the world’s most ubiquitous fabric Denim is one of the world’s favorite fabrics, and today it …
An unprecedented study that reveals tapestry’s role as a modernist medium and a model for the movement’s discourse on both sides of the Atlantic in the decades following World War …
A richly illustrated glimpse into the magnificent collection of seventeenth-century men’s dress from the Danish kings’ wardrobesTen Kings’ Clothes: Royal Danish Dress, …
A groundbreaking, informative, and thought-provoking exploration of fur’s fashionable and controversial history The first and only book of its kind, Fur: A Sensitive History looks …
Exploring the origins and lasting significance of a dynamic, subversive, and interactive art form This is the first publication to consider art to wear, also known as wearable art, …
One woman’s influential contribution to modernism, achieved through a fascinating revival of tapestry Marie Cuttoli (1879–1973) lived in Algeria and Paris in the 1920s and …
This wide-ranging book elucidates the symbolism of veils and highlights the power of drapery in Italian art from Giotto to Titian. In the cities of the Renaissance, display of …
