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How to Read a Dress - A Guide to Changing Fashion from the 16th to the 21st Century (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)
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How to Read a Dress - A Guide to Changing Fashion from the 16th to the 21st Century (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)
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Fashion is ever-changing, and while some styles mark a dramatic
departure from the past, many exhibit subtle differences from year
to year that are not always easily identifiable. With overviews of
each key period and detailed illustrations for each new style, How
to Read a Dress is an appealing and accessible guide to women's
fashion across five centuries. Each entry includes annotated color
images of historical garments, outlining important features and
highlighting how styles have developed over time, whether in shape,
fabric choice, trimming, or undergarments. Readers learn how
garments were constructed and where their inspiration stemmed from
at key points in history – as well as how dresses have varied in
type, cut, detailing and popularity according to the occasion and
the class, age and social status of the wearer. This new edition
includes additional styles to illustrate and explain the journey
between one style and another; larger images to allow closer
investigation of details of dress; examples of lower and
working-class, as well as middle-class, clothing; and a completely
new chapter covering the 1980s to 2020. The latter demonstrates how
the late 20th century and early 21st century firmly left the dress
behind as a requirement, but retained it as a perennially popular
choice and illustrates how far the traditional boundaries of ‘the
dress’ have been pushed (even including reference to a newly
non-binary appreciation of the garment), and the intellectual
shifts in the way women’s fashion is both inspired and inspires.
With these new additions, How to Read a Dress, revised edition,
presents a complete and up-to-date picture of ‘the dress’ in
all its forms, across the centuries, and taking into account
different sartorial and social experiences. It is the ideal tool
for anyone who has ever wanted to know their cartridge pleats from
their Récamier ruffles. Equipping the reader with all the
information they need to 'read' a dress, this is the ultimate guide
for students, researchers, and anyone interested in historical
fashion.
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