The field of dress history has experienced exponential growth over the past two decades. This in-depth investigation examines the expanding borders and porous boundaries of the discipline today, outlining key debates and showcasing the most exciting research.With international case studies from a wide range of scholars, the volume encompasses work from a variety of historical periods from the late 18th century to the present day. Contributors examine, critique and expand the methodologies and sources used in fashion history, analyse how dress is collected, displayed and sold, and investigate clothing's meanings and uses in the practice of identity.Exploring overlooked territories and new approaches to analysis, the book offers students and scholars a fresh appraisal of dress history in the 21st century.

Costume, portraiture, and the presentation of self have been closely linked throughout the history of art. Yet while the face of the person portrayed is still accessible to the modern viewer, the meaning of the sitter's clothes has often been lost to history. In this innovative book, Aileen Ribeiro supplies readers with a time-transcending lens wrought from her considerable knowledge of the history of dress. She focuses on one hundred paintings, drawings, photographs, and other works of art from the National Portrait Gallery in London that demonstrate the fluidity and multiple modes of fashion throughout English history. The subjects span the past five centuries and include many notable figures, from Henry VII through Coleridge to Harold Pinter and Margaret Thatcher. Whether the costumes in question are the slashed doublets and pink satin lynx-lined gowns of the Tudor monarchy or the informally elegant T-shirts and jeans of Princess Diana, their details supply vital clues to the person's status, rank, milieu, profession, and personal character.How, exactly, does "style make the man"? How is identity forged through appearance over time? Observations on manufacture, decoration, and c... [Read More]

Accompanying the Grey Art Gallery's exhibition of the same name, The Poetics of Cloth: African Textiles/Recent Art brings some 60 contemporary paintings, sculptures, videos and photographs by artists living in Africa and abroad into dialogue with a selection of mid-twentieth-century and recent African textiles. Artists include El Anatsui, Samuel Cophie, Viyé Diba, Sokari Douglas Camp, Groupe Bogolan Kasobane, Abdoulaye Konaté, Rachid Koraïchi, Atta Kwami, Grace Ndiritu, Nike Okundaye, Owusu-Ankomah, Yinka Shonibare, Malick Sidibé, Nontsikelelo "Lolo" Veleko, Rikki Wemega-Kwawu and Sue Williamson, while texts are by renowned Africanist scholar John Picton, Ghanaian poet Kofi Anyidoho and the Grey Art Gallery's Lynn Gumpert, among others.

One of the world's most important textiles, the Rajah quilt is a major focus of the National Gallery of Australia's textiles collection. The quilt was made by women convicts on board the ship Rajah while being transported from England to Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) in 1841. While it is a compelling document of convict life, it is also an extraordinary work of art―a product of beauty from the hands of many women who, in the most abject circumstances, were able to work together to produce an object of hope.From the moment The Rajah quilt entered the collection of the National Gallery of Australia, its significance was obvious to the textile conservation staff. Part of a longstanding tradition spanning over a millennium, quilts evoke an interest that extends beyond the special place they hold in the history of women's artistic endeavours. They embody technical and decorative skills, patience and, most importantly, an individual story of the time and personality of its creator. The inscription on The Rajah quilt confirms its importance in Australian history as a physical link to transportation and early European settlement. Uniquely, this quilt also holds significance for the thousa... [Read More]

The most comprehensive and detailed history of shoes ever published, with more than 2000 specially drawn illustrations. John Peacock charts the development of every kind and style of footwear from earliest times to the present day, for both men and women. His drawings reproduce in meticulous detail a host of representative examples from every era: the simple sandals of Ancient Egypt, made from natural fibers; exquisite Greek footwear of the "Golden Age," including boots made from rawhide with leather linings and leg bindings; richly embroidered and bejeweled shoes of the Byzantine empire; the fantastic pike-toed boots newly fashionable in the fourteenth century; the hugely exaggerated platform heels of the sixteenth century; eighteenth-century women's slippers of the finest silk; and a huge range of contemporary shoes, from sneakers and stilettos to the latest footwear in radical materials and experimental styles. The pictures are arranged in six chronological sections and accompanied by full descriptions, including details of materials, heel and toe styles, decorations, and fastenings. An invaluable reference section includes a time chart summarizing the development of shoes throu... [Read More]

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'Wroughte in Gold and Silk' features exceptionally important European tapestries and world-class research for their preservation. Presenting the interdisciplinary European Community-funded project 'Monitoring of Damage in Historic Tapestries' (MODHT), the research is described in an understandable and practical way, from project conception through to a conservation test case at Hampton Court Palace. The prestigious tapestries selected for the study from the UK's Royal Collection, the Spanish Royal Collections and several Belgian collections are shown in full colour and described in tandem with new knowledge about their art history and manufacture.

Robert Hillestad uses the metaphor of journey to trace the evolution of his illustrious career as a textiles artist and design educator. His autobiographical essay provides insights into the origins of his fascination with textiles during early childhood and then recounts the critical steps in the evolution of his artistry and career through formal academic programs, various positions in business and industry, and a year-long study of fashion design in the haute couture of Paris, then focuses on his long and distinguished career as a design educator at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. In addition to his narrative, the ninety-six-page monograph designed by Dika Eckersley features essays by Jo Ann C. Stabb and Beverly Gordon, scholars in the field of costume and textiles; a poem by Mary Logue; and lavish photography by John Nollendorfs, Roger Bruhn, John Spence, and Richard Hay.  Robert Hillestad: A Textiles Journey is published by the Friends of the Robert Hillestad Textiles Gallery, a not-for-profit organization that supports the gallery named in Hillestad’s honor. By capturing the essence of Hillestad’s artistic footprint, the book prompts readers to embark on their own ... [Read More]

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I saw her first. Gotta fly! Wreck havoc on Gotham City in style dressed as a gentleman of crime this Halloween! This costume includes a tailcoat with an attached vest, a shirt front with an attached tie, pants with attached spats, a character mask with an attached monocle and a top hat. This is an officially licensed DC Comics

Dress with removable collarGlovesThigh highs not included

Dress with removable collarGlovesThigh highs not included