Dressing the Elite
Subtitle: Clothes in Early Modern England
Publisher: Berg Publishers
Published: May 7, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9781859737460
Subjects: Costume; Cultural studies; Fashion & beauty industries; Modern period, c 1500 onwards; Europe - Great Britain - General; Art & Art Instruction; Art; Modern - General; Fashion; History / General; General; 16th century; 17th century; Clothing and dress; England; History; Upper class
Description: Clothing occupies a complex and important position in relation to human experience. It gives form to society's ideas about the sacred and secular, about exclusion and inclusion, about age, beauty, sexuality and status. This title explores the meanings that garments held in early modern England.