num_pages: 267
description: Look around and uniforms are everywhere. They're a way of belonging and of making people belong. Armies police forces and militias led the way but today they're used by a new generation of service industries from security guards to delivery firms. Subconsciously uniforms oil the wheels of the world. We accept orders from a uniformed guard respect the diagnosis of a doctor or nurse and feel better about entrusting that important package to a uniformed private delivery company operative. Uniforms inspire trust respect and sometimes even fear.This book traces the rise of the uniform in pictures up to the present day from early military uniforms and on to the Second World War from which a lot of uniform items made it through into civilian life coinciding with the birth of the teenage phenomenon in the 1950s. It examines the different ways in which the uniform is as a means of control of morale building and of self-expression.Featuring uniforms from all walks of lifemilitary school sports teams and workwearthe book examineshow fashion has been influenced by uniform design and how fashion has in turn been reinterpreted by uniform designers.
language: English
title: Uniforms
publisher: Laurence King Publishing