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The language of clothes

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An edition of The language of clothes (1981)

The language of clothes

1st Owl books ed.

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"Alison Lurie, the Pulitzer Prize - winning novelist, is our savvy guide and interpreter on this tour through the history of fashion, providing unique insights into how changing sex roles, political upheavals, and class structure have influenced costume.

Whether she is describing the enormous amount of clothing worm by early Victorian women or illuminating the significance of the long robes worn throughout the centuries by again men to connote eminence, her analysis is playful, clever, and always on target." "This edition of a work long considered a classic features a new introduction by Alison Lurie that examines the state of fashion today."--BOOK JACKET.

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Henry Holt
Language
English
Pages
272

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Subjects

Clothing and dress, Fashion, Psychology, Social aspects, Social aspects of Clothing and dress, Social aspects of Fashion, Clothing and dress, social aspects
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Cover of: The language of clothes
The language of clothes
2000, Henry Holt
in English - 1st Owl books ed.
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Jie du fu zhuang: The language of clothes
1994, Shang ding wen hua chu ban she
in Chinese - Di 1 ban
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The language of clothes
1992, Bloomsbury
in English - Rev. ed.
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The Language of clothes
1983, Hamlyn
in English
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The language of clothes
1983, Vintage Books
in English - 1st Vintage Books ed.
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The language of clothes
1983, Hamlyn Papebacks
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The language of clothes
1983, Vintage Books
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The language of clothes
1983, Vintage Books, a division of Random House
Paperback in English - 1st Vintage Books ed.
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The language of clothes
1981, Random House
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The language of clothes
1981, Heinemann
in English
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The language of clothes
1981, Heinemann
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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [265]-266).
"An Owl book."
Originally published: New York : Random House, c1981. With new introd.

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New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
391
Library of Congress
GT525 .L87 2000, GT525.L87 2000

The Physical Object

Pagination
xiv, 272 p. :
Number of pages
272

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Open Library
OL45103M
Internet Archive
isbn_9780805062441
ISBN 10
0805062440
LCCN
99041520
OCLC/WorldCat
41991425
Library Thing
178829
Goodreads
397786

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Work Description

In this exhaustive and entertaining study, Alison Lurie shows what the clothes we choose to wear say about us. Approaching clothing from four perspectives -- historical, social logical, psychological, anthropological -- she demonstrates how color, fabric and cut are not mere whims of designers or manufacturers but constitute a vocabulary and grammar as precise and full of subconscious intent as any verbal language: how our clothes announce our sex, age and class and often give important information (or misinformation) about our occupation, geographical origin, personality, opinions, tastes, sexual desires and current mood. - Back cover.

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