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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Ford, Richard T. (Richard Thompson), author.     Subjects     Clothing and dress -- Social aspects -- History.     Fashion -- History.     Clothing and dress -- Law and legislation -- History.     Sumptuary laws -- History.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Ford, Richard T. (Richard Thompson), author.       by title:      Dress codes : how th...         MARC Display

Dress codes : how the laws of fashion made history / Richard Thompson Ford. by Ford, Richard T. (Richard Thompson), author. New York : Simon & Schuster, 2021. Subjects Clothing and dress -- Social aspects -- History.   Fashion -- History.   Clothing and dress -- Law and legislation -- History.   Sumptuary laws -- History. ISBN:  9781501180064 (hardcover) ; 1501180061 (hardcover) Description:  xi, 443 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm Edition:  First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. Contents:  Historical milestones and important dress codes -- Introduction -- Status symbols. Encoding status ; Self-fashioning ; Signs of faith ; Sex symbols -- From opulence to elegance. The great masculine renunciation ; Style and status ; Sex and simplicity ; The "rational dress" movement ; Flapper feminism -- Power dressing. Slaves to fashion? ; From rags to resistance ; Sagging and subordination -- Politics and personality. How to dress like a woman ; Recoding gender ; Piercing the veil -- Retailored expectations. Merit badges ; Artifice and appropriation -- Conclusion: Decoding dress codes -- Epilogue: Dress codes stripped bare. Requests:  0 Summary:  A law professor and cultural critic offers an eye-opening exploration of the laws of fashion throughout history, from the middle ages to the present day, examining the canons, mores and customs of clothing rules that we often take for granted.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Copy Status Due Date   Hawaii State Library Art, Music & Recreation 391.009 Fo   Checked In   Add Copy to MyList Kailua-Kona Public Library Adult Nonfiction 391.009 Fo   Checked In   Add Copy to MyList Laupahoehoe P/S Library Adult Nonfiction 391.009 Fo Fashion Checked In   Add Copy to MyList Makawao Public Library Adult Nonfiction 391.009 Fo   Checked out 06/08/2024 Add Copy to MyList

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