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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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Table of Contents
1: Introduction
2: The History of Fashion
3: Explaining it Away
4: The Fashion Industry
5: Fashion and Eroticism
6: Gender and Identity
7: Fashion and City Life
8: Fashion and Popular Culture
9: Oppositional Dress
10: Utopian Dress and Dress Reform
11: Feminism and Fashion
12: Changing Times/Altered States
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Product details
| Published | May 14 2026 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (Epub & Mobi) |
| Edition | 2nd |
| Pages | 314 |
| ISBN | 9781350399754 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Visual Arts |
| Illustrations | 17 bw |
| Series | Foundations of Fashion Studies |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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