This book puts the material back into clothing. In recent years
social scientists have become increasingly interested in theories
of fashion, but have rarely directly addressed the material
qualities of clothing. By contrast, traditional studies of dress
have focused on textiles but often neglect the larger cultural
context within which dress becomes consumed as clothing. This book
fills a major gap by combining these two 'camps' through an
expressly material culture approach to clothing. In sustained case
studies, Kchler and Miller argue that cloth and clothing are
living, vibrant parts of culture and the body. From the recycling
of cloth in Africa and India and the use of pattern in the Pacific,
to the history of 'wash and wear' and why women wear the wrong
clothes to restaurants in London, this book shows the considerable
advantage gained by seamlessly combining material and social
aspects of dress and textiles.
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