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Bringing together an international cast of scholars from a range of disciplines, this highly illustrated book traces the history of colour through its relationship with clothing in Europe over four centuries in the pre-modern period. A Revolution in Colour reveals how, during this era, dyes spurred on aesthetic experiment, new modes of empirical observation and an intensification of globally interconnected trade. The book demonstrates that mer...

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This engaging volume tells the history of Western fashion, exploring how and why it has influenced people's attitudes, actions, and beliefs since the Middle Ages. Back in Fashion focuses on themes specific to particular periods - such as the significance of medieval sumptuary laws that limited expenditure on clothing, the use of black in early modern Europe, the role of sports on clothing in contemporary times, and the rise of luxury in the ne...

The regulation of dress had a profound effect on global consumption and the shaping of the modern world. Leading scholars reveal why items of dress became aspirational goods, how they were lobbied for and marketed, and how people asserted their right to choose how they dressed as a 'human right'.

Drawing on new research on textile trade and production in the regions that depended on the Indian Ocean, the book contributes to a new understanding of the role that Indian cloth played in the making of the modern world economy.

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La moda come processo di individualizzazione e di socializzazione, allo stesso tempo mezzo per differenziarsi dagli altri e forma di condivisione sociale. La moda come mezzo di rappresentazione e di mobilità sociale. La moda è usata per creare un certo look e per apparire diversi da quello che si ritiene di essere. La storia propone molti casi di come la moda sia stata usata continuamente per "reinventarsi" e migliorare la propria condizione s...

A fascinating account of how cotton transformed the world we live in today: it industrialised Europe and became the first item to be traded globally. It ranges from Asian and European technologies and African slavery to cotton plantations in the Americas and consumer desires across the globe.

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An introduction to the complex literature in the fields of fashion studies, and dress and fashion history. Suitable for those who wish to further their engagement with fashion as a contemporary phenomenon, it connects a diverse range of approaches and incorporates non-Western literature within better-known studies from Europe and North America.

Drawing on new research on textile trade and production in the regions that depended on the Indian Ocean, the book contributes to a new understanding of the role that Indian cloth played in the making of the modern world economy.