Fashioning the Bourgeoisie: A History of Clothing in the Nineteenth Century
Originally published in French in 1981, this book delves deeply into the cultural significance of 19th-century "consumption and behavior in dress." Extensive research provides rich details and an entertaining tour into the structure and habits of a stratified society where "clothing was a science which mirrored one's social and economic status and propriety was an obsesssion." Dress and Gender (Berg Pub., 1993), edited by Ruth Barnes and Joanne B. Eichner, addresses the topic within a multicultural context; Patricia Cunningham and Susan Lob's Dress and Popular Culture (Bowling Green Univ. Pr., 1991) provides studies into clothing icons of 19th- and 20th-century America. Perrot's book traces the rise of the French ready-made fashion industry, revealing not only the development of consumer shopping but the sources of many inherited rules of contemporary fashion and etiquette. Recommended for academic collections in fashion, design,women's cultural history.Vicki Gadberry, Mars Hill Coll. Lib., N.C.Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.