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A sensual and intellectual pleasure from start to finish' - Deborah Levy

We are all dressed. Ranging freely through literature, art, film and philosophy, Dressed tracks the hidden power of clothes in our culture and our daily lives.

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Fashion Africa is a comprehensive guide to the designers, materials, and sustainable practices available on continental Africa and provides an excellent resource in conjunction for the very vibrant growing industry already in existence.

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"Offers a way of understanding why people dress the way they do and what meanings we ascribe to particular fashion styles. Designed to provide a theoretical introduction to fashion and style to meet the needs of both fashion and cultural studies students"--

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An in-depth study analysing the relationship between the Italian ready-to-wear fashion industry and the Chinese fast fashion industry, focussing on the 2000s and 2010s.

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An innovative study of the Hindi film industry, this account explores the making and meaning of popular Hindi films, through the lens of their most compelling - and often overlooked -- visual component: costume. The first in-depth exploration of Hindi film costume analyses how costume reflects and shapes dress in Indian society.

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On any given day nearly half of the world's population is wearing blue jeans - this is the first serious attempt to understand the causes, nature and consequences of the rise of global' denim.

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Jillian Venters was a fairly spooky and morbid child, with parents who never objected to her eccentric taste in clothing. When she discovered the existence of the whole Gothic subculture, she clapped her hands with glee. Eventually she came to realise that excellent clothes were not a substitute for excellent manners.

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"Glamour"'s Beauty Sleuth reveals tricks of the trade to help readers look fabulously high-end--in any economy. Lustig combines her own experience with highly coveted secrets she's learned from the experts to help readers achieve beauty on a budget.

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One of the most effective ways to learn about a culture is to study its dress. With detailed descriptions and illustrations, this reference preserves the fashionable side of China's dynastic history.

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A guide to the art, history, and politics of visible mending at once a practical instruction guide for techniques, a statement on the beauty of repairing and reimagining clothes, and a manifesto against fast fashion.

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Subtitle in pre-publication: Power, passion, and impact.

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Offers a comprehensive and detailed history and sourcebook of shoes. This title charts the development of different kinds and styles of footwear for both men and women from earliest times to the present day.

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An absolute necessity for design devotees and sneakerheads of all ages. Sneakers is a definitive exploration of the creative energy, innovation, collaboration, and visionary intelligence behind the cultural phenomenon of sneakers.

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Reveals the stories underlying the clothes we wear in this stylish tour of the most important developments in the history of fashion, from ancient times to the present day. This title shows how the way we dress is inextricably bound up with considerations of aesthetics, sex, gender, class and lifestyle and more.

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Why is it that simply getting dressed in the morning can be a bewildering experience This book offers practical tips and basic clothing care advice so that women of all ages make fashion work for them.

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Over four hundred original portraits capture extraordinary tattooed people from around the world, in New York, LA, Melbourne, Berlin, Amsterdam, Paris, London and Brighton.

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This is the first anthropological study of the contemporary Chinese fashion and textile industries from high-end designer clothing to mass manufacture.

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An edition combining all seven books in John Peacock's "Fashion Sourcebooks" series, which charts in meticulous drawings the development of women's and men's clothing in the 20th century. It will be useful for the library of fashion students, historians and collectors.

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The Social Life of Kimono explores the material culture of the most socially significant garment in Japanese history, from its origins to the present day.

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Offering full-colour history of costume, this illustrated work is intended for children. With over 320 hand-drawn illustrations, and descriptions on every page, it offers a survey of Western costume. It seeks to serve as an educational resource.