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.’From haute couture to haberdashery, and ‘deviant’ dress to Dior, Elizabeth Wilson traces the social and cultural history of fashion and its complex relationship to modernity. From the ‘dress reform’ movement to certain strands of feminism, Wilson delights in the power of fashion to mark out identity - or subvert it.Explore topics including fashion and city life, feminism and fashion, and oppositional dress in this authoritative scholarly text on fashion’s pivotal role in modern society.

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Utgivningsdatum:2026-06-11
Mått:156 x 232 x 24 mm
Vikt:724 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Foundations of Fashion Studies
Antal sidor:314
Upplaga:2
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN:9781350399747

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Elizabeth Wilson's writing career began in the ‘underground’ magazines of the early 1970s, (Frendz, Red Rag, Spare Rib, Come Together) before she became an academic. She's written for the Guardian and her non-fiction books include The Sphinx in the City (1992) (shortlisted for the Manchester Odd Fellows Prize), Bohemians (2000) and Love Game (2014) (long listed for the William Hill sportswriting prize), as well as six crime novels, including War Damage (2009) and The Girl in Berlin (2012) (long-listed for the Golden Dagger Award).

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Adorned in Dreams: Fashion and Modernity is one of the best books ever published on the significance of fashion in society . . . as relevant today as when it was first published

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Preface to the re-issue1: Introduction2: The History of Fashion3: Explaining it Away4: The Fashion Industry5: Fashion and Eroticism6: Gender and Identity7: Fashion and City Life8: Fashion and Popular Culture9: Oppositional Dress10: Utopian Dress and Dress Reform11: Feminism and Fashion12: Changing Times/Altered StatesAfterwordReferencesFurther readingBibliographyIndex