About this title: Moralists have raged throughout history against various fashions for being too short, too long, too tight, too loose or too costly. Highlighting the times when choice of dress was a moral minefield, this enlightening and entertaining book looks at fashion extremes over the centuries, from the sexual display of the codpiece through to corsets, crinolines and decolletage. Providing a sharp and humorous look at the outright risque as well as the grotesquely exaggerated and even the repulsive, Ribeiro shows how dress has functioned variously as a vehicle of righteousness or turpitude and as an ...
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Description: Acceptable. Ships from the UK. Former Library book. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Your purchase also supports literacy charities. read more
Edition: NEW ED
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: A & C BLACK PUBLISHERS LTD Country = UNITED KINGDOM
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9781859737828ISBN:185973782X
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 200 pages. This book is printed on demand (allow 1-2 weeks for printing) (208 pages) moralists have raged through history against fashions which are too short, too long, too tight, too loose or too costly. this book looks at fashion extremes over the centuries, from the sexual display of the codpiece through to corsets, crinolines and decolletage. 106 b&w illustrations, bibliography, index edition new ed (Paperback) read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Holmes & Meier, NY
Date Published: 1986
ISBN-13:9780841910911ISBN:084191091X
Description: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 084191091X. Illustrated. First American edition. Two pages have some ink underlining, else near fine in a near fine (short closed edge tear in upper corner of rear panel) dust jacket. read more
Description: Good. Moralists have raged throughout history against various fashions for being too short, too long, too tight, too loose or too costly. Highlighting the times when choice of dress was a moral minefield, this enlightening and entertaining book looks at fa... read more
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