The Culture of Fashion
- ISBN-10
- 0719041252
- ISBN-13
- 9780719041259
- Category
- Art
- Pages
- 244
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1995-05-15
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Author
- Christopher Breward
Description
This illustrated survey of 600 years of fashion investigates its cultural and social meaning from medieval Europe to twentieth-century America. Breward's work provides the reader with a clear guide to the changes in style and taste and shows that clothes have always played a pivotal role in defining a sense of identity and society, especially when concerned with sexual and body politics.
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