Author | : Christopher Breward |
File Size | : 52,7 Mb |
Publisher | : Manchester University Press |
Language | : English |
Release Date | : 15 May 1995 |
ISBN | : 0719041252 |
Pages | : 270 pages |
The Culture of Fashion by Christopher Breward Book PDF Summary
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.