Dress Codes: Meanings And Messages In American Culture dresses & jumpsuits Designs created with shibori processes

Designs created with shibori processes all share a softness of outline and spontaneity of effect

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The motivation behind this book is no exception

Its name is derived from its unique construction: two full circle skirts joined at their hems to create a continuous

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Dress Codes: Meanings And Messages In American Culture dresses & jumpsuits Designs created with shibori processesRich with illustrations, Dress Codes systematically analyzes the meaning and relevance of clothing in American culture. Presented here in one book for the first time are theories of clothing and an up to date analysis of images of power and authority, gender, seduction (the sexy look, the alluring look, the glamorous look, the vulnerable look), wealth and beauty, youth and health, and leisure and political hierarchy. Taken together, the chapters offer