History of Fashion

Eighteenth-century fashion was cosmopolitan and varied. Whilst the wildly extravagant and colorful elite fashions parodied in contemporary satire ...

Spurred by an increasingly international and competitive market, the Renaissance saw the development of many new fabrics and the use of highly priz...

Shortlisted for the Leslie and Sophie Caplan Award for Jewish Non-Fiction Surviving photographs of Jewish Viennese men during the fin-de-siècle an...

Just as the clothes we wear can communicate our personality and how we want to be perceived, so fashion can reflect the politics and preoccupations...

This new edition of a classic work offers a concise introduction to the sociology of fashion, and demystifies the workings of the fashion system. F...

Shortlisted for the CSA Millia Davenport Publication Award, 2021 Listed as one of The Five Most Essential Books about Art and Fashion, ArtNews, 202...

Tom Ford and Tom Ford 002 slipcased together as one deluxe package, with a unique printing of the slipcase which will be white type with black clot...

Fashion is a subject that has long been marginalized in art history and in museums. And yet, one of the most well-known artists in the twentieth ce...

Winner of the Association of Dress Historians Book of the Year Award, 2021 In 1939, fashion became an economic and symbolic sphere of great import...

Italy is a major player in the global fashion industry, yet little has been written about its contribution to fashion curation. This book explores ...

Traditional dress is a common phenomenon across much of Western Europe, often originating in elaborate practices for rural religious events. Yet de...

From rumps and stays to muffs and handkerchiefs, underwear and accessories were critical components of the 18th-century womans wardrobe. They not o...

In this highly original book, Susan E. Hiner looks behind fashions seams and focuses on the women fashion producers both working- and middle-class...

It's an intersection of pop culture, politics, celebrity, entertainment and fashion, all colliding together for one stellar night out on the iconic...

In the last half of the 19th century, the women of America were beginning to develop their own sense of style. Although influenced by European fash...

What's a djibbah, how long has the old school tie been around and do yellow petticoats really repel vermin? How have social and educational changes...

Textiles and clothing are interwoven with Islamic culture. In Islamicate Textiles, readers are taken on a journey from Central Asia to Tanzania to ...