The authors elaborate on what dress is, define ethnocentrism and position dress in todays society. Using Western and non-Western examples, the book fosters an appreciation of the diversity of surface appearance through an exploration of the common purposes served by dress to protect, satisfy and communicate. The Visible Self, 2nd Edition, analyzes the act of dressing - not simply putting on clothing, but cleansing the body and adorning it.

Orientalism is a central factor within the fashion system, both subtle and overt. In this timely and groundbreaking book, the author shows the extent of the influence that the Orient had, and continues to have, on fashion. Our concept of Western fashion is unthinkable without it, whether in terms of the growth of the cotton industry or of garments we take for granted, such as the dressing gown. From pre-modern to contemporary times, this book demonstrates that, in the realms of fashion, the Orient is not simply a construction or a fascination of the imperial West with its eastern other. Rather, it reveals the extent of cross-pollination, exchange and multiple translation that has taken place between East and West for the last 500 years.Exploring topics including Chinoiserie, masquerade, bohemianism, Japonisme, the "de-Orientalization" of the Orient, perfume and the birth of couture, Fashion and Orientalism is an essential read for students and scholars of fashion, cultural studies and history.

Product Description: In presenting sociological research on the way people dress, this text helps students develop an appreciation for the value of research skills in their academic and professional careers. What more exciting topic to study and research than dress and society! And what more engaging way to present this topic than with current research that analyzes dress as an individual social behavior controlled by factors that students can relate to their own lives and their own way of dressing...read more

Product Description: You've read The Rules, you know your shape, and you've worked out which colours suit you best, now you can have some real fun and learn how to vary your look according to your mood. WHO WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE TODAY? ...sexy Bombshell (inspired by Marilyn Monroe or Scarlett Johansson) ...read more

Each morning we establish an image and an identity for ourselves through the simple act of getting dressed. Why Women Wear What they Wear presents an intimate ethnography of clothing choice. The book uses real women's lives and clothing decisions-observed and discussed at the moment of getting dressed - to illustrate theories of clothing, the body, and identity. Woodward pieces together what women actually think about clothing, dress and the body in a world where popular media and culture presents an increasingly extreme and distorted view of femininity and the ideal body. Immediately accessible to all those who have stood in front of a mirror and wondered 'does my bum look big in this?', 'is this skirt really me?' or 'does this jacket match?', Why Women Wear What they Wear provides students of anthropology and fashion with a fresh perspective on the social issues and constraints we are all consciously or unconsciously negotiating when we get dressed.

Product Description: Dress Sense explores the importance of the senses and emotions in the way people dress, and how they attach value and significance to clothing. Inspired by the work of Joanne B. Eicher, contributors offer different multi-disciplinary perspectives on this key and unexplored topic in dress and sensory anthropology...read more

The story of a Philadelphia journalist's life, told through the outfits she most loved, describes how she related fashion to her inner life and used clothes to conform, seduce, or hide her way through school, a series of relationships, and her career. 50,000 first printing.

A pair of lifestyle consultants outlines a five-step program for working with outdated apparel and accessories for fashionable results, in a reference that explains how readers can identify one's fashion personality and de-clutter a closet. 40,000 first printing.

Challenges feminist beliefs that the fashion and beauty industry objectifies women, contending that elite women are out of touch with most women in the U.S. while arguing that fashion is more an expression of creativity and identity than a means of attracting men. Reprint. 10,000 first printing.

The hosts of TLC's What Not to Wear present an authoritative, irreverent, and illustrated guide to fashion for the modern man or woman, offering tips on different male and female body types, how to select the right outfit for every occasion, great fashion for every budget, and other stylish suggestions. Original. 150,000 first printing.

Product Description: This revised collection of articles from magazines, newspapers, books, and journals expands the reader s awareness and understanding of what dress is all about. The essays in The Meanings of Dress, 2nd Edition, illustrate essential topics, such as dress and sociology, cultural studies, gender, religion, modesty, and technological changes...read more

Product Description: Do you like to people--watch? Not interested in pretentious anorexics? Here's the fashion book for YOU! From cardboard shoes in Africa to body paint in New Guinea, from chimney sweeps in France to an Indian Elvis, (un)Fashion scans the globe to show how real people dress: at work, on the street, or for ceremonial occasions...read more

Product Description: Dangerously, seductively attractive, the femme fatale's unique magnetism has drawn everyone from nineteenth-century writers to 1960's filmmakers. Her impact can also be seen in style icons such as Jean Harlow and Brigitte Bardot. Until now, however, this archteype's influence on fashion has been unrecognized...read more

Product Description: There is help when bad clothes happen to good women! Image consultant and makeover adviser Brenda Kinsel shows the way for all, through Postcards from Hell, the Confessionals, and the 7 Deadliest Fashion Sins. Brenda shines the guiding light with up-to-date wardrobe advice so you can have a Miracle Makeover and all the vital knowledge you need to lift yourself straight to Fashion Heaven...read more

Product Description: This collection of essays goes beyond the history of fashion to reveal the underlying financial and political forces that shape it, showing how fashion relates to the economic realities and motivations of those who create what we buy and wear...read more