ENGLISH

Adorned in Dreams: Fashion and Modernity

By Elizabeth Wilson

Book information

Publisher
I.B.Tauris
Year
1985
ISBN
9780755699506, 9781860649219
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
53 MB (55794445 bytes)
Pages
\335
Library
bloomsburycollections.com
Time added
2023-07-01 00:16:07

Description

When “Adorned in Dreams” was first published in 1985, Angela Carter described the book as ‘the best I have read on the subject, bar none’. Elizabeth Wilson traces the social and cultural history of fashion and its complex relationship to modernity. Wilson delights in the power of fashion to mark out identity or to subvert it and this brand new edition of her book follows recent developments to bring the story of fashionable dress up to date, exploring the grunge look inspired by bands like Nirvana, the ‘boho chic’ of the mid 90's, retro-dressing and the meanings of dress from the veil to Beck's pink-varnished toenails.

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