Back in Fashion
Western Fashion from the Middle Ages to the Present
$146.22
- Hardcover
289 pages
- Release Date
14 April 2020
Summary
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 history of Western fashion, exploring how and why it has influenced people’s attitudes, actions, and beliefs since the Middle Ages. Back in Fashion focuses on themes specific to particular periods—such as the significance of medieval sumptuary laws that limited expenditure on clothing; the use of …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780300218848 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0300218842 |
| Author: | Giorgio Riello |
| Publisher: | Yale University Press |
| Imprint: | Yale University Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 289 |
| Release Date: | 14 April 2020 |
| Weight: | 1.30kg |
| Dimensions: | 254mm x 191mm |
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Critics Review
“One of the strengths is the inclusion of academic theory, briefly outlined, to explain how developments with fashion occurred…a useful reference, perhaps something of a fashion history primer.”—Dr. Benjamin Linley Wild, The Journal of Dress History
About The Author
Giorgio Riello
Giorgio Riello is chair of early modern global history at the European University Institute in Florence and professor of global history and culture at the University of Warwick, UK.
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