The New Dress Detective: A Practical Guide to Object-based Research in Fashion, revised

The New Dress Detective updates and expands this highly regarded practical guide to analysing fashion objects.

Featuring seven completely new case studies – including an 18th-century gown, a man's 19th-century tailored jacket and pantaloons, a 19th-century boy's frock, a woman's Edo period uchikake, a 1927 homemade wedding dress, a Dior dress ensemble, and a mass-manufactured uniform of the 1970s – this invaluable guide has been revised throughout, to enhance its usefulness for readers and t...