(Hardback)

From dressing up to dressing down, this book exposes the complex ways that fashions and costumes render the body presentable in a range of social situations. It investigates the varied ways in which western and non-western clothes operate to give the body meaning. It is useful for those interested in style, costume, the body, gender or history.

(Paperback)

This title examines the way in which the dress acts on the body and is integral to our experience of embodiment. Exploring gender, photography, cultural history and modernity, this book analyzes sources from 1960's fashion photography to modern gay fashion and turn-of-the-century tailoring.

(Paperback)

This volume presents a cutting-edge examination of modelling through race, class and gender, as well as its structure as an aesthetic marketplace within the global fashion economy. Accessible and highly engaging, Fashioning Models is essential reading for students and scholars of fashion and related disciplines.

(Hardback)

This volume presents a cutting-edge examination of modelling through race, class and gender, as well as its structure as an aesthetic marketplace within the global fashion economy. Accessible and highly engaging, Fashioning Models is essential reading for students and scholars of fashion and related disciplines.

(Hardback)

Examines how aesthetic products are defined, distributed and valued. This book focuses on the work of some of the market agents, particularly model agents or 'bookers' and fashion buyers, shaping the aesthetics inside their markets. It develops a theoretical framework for understanding the distinctive features of aesthetic marketplaces.

(Paperback)

Examines how aesthetic products are defined, distributed and valued. This book focuses on the work of some of the market agents, particularly model agents or 'bookers' and fashion buyers, shaping the aesthetics inside their markets. It develops a theoretical framework for understanding the distinctive features of aesthetic marketplaces.