03788nam 2200625 450 991082427870332120201023111955.01-4742-5064-51-4742-5061-010.5040/9781474250641(CKB)3710000000657855(EBL)4526403(SSID)ssj0001669283(PQKBManifestationID)16460654(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001669283(PQKBWorkID)15002868(PQKB)11465123(MiAaPQ)EBC4526403(OCoLC)1201426580(CaBNVSL)mat74250641(CaBNVSL)9781474250641(EXLCZ)99371000000065785520201023d2020 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrSex and suits the evolution of modern dress /Anne HollanderLondon, England :Bloomsbury Academic,2020.London, England :Bloomsbury Publishing,20201 online resource (177 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4742-5065-3 Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-150) and index.Sex and the modern Form -- What fashion Is -- The work of fashion. Fashion, non-fashion and anti-fashion -- Meaning in fashion -- Form and sexuality -- Early fashion history -- Later changes -- Female invention -- The genesis of the suit. The great divide -- Reason and fantasy -- Sobriety and simplicity -- Antique natural nudity -- Heroes in wool -- Neo-classic erotics -- Ready-made men -- The once and future suit -- Modernity. Worth and his effects -- Reforming women -- Stays -- Redesigning women -- Modern transformations -- Recent Revolutions -- Nowadays. Informalities -- Sexualities -- Revelations -- Anxieties -- Perceptions."Since the dawn of western fashion in the Middle Ages, women's dress has never stopped evolving, yet menswear has seen far fewer style revolutions. At the centre of the male wardrobe is the suit: relatively unchanged since the 17th century, its cut and cloth suggest athleticism, seriousness, sexuality and strength - qualities which contrasted with the perceived superficiality and frivolity of female dress, and eventually led to the adoption of the suit into the female wardrobe where it remains to this day. In Sex and Suits brilliant essayist and art critic Anne Hollander charts the development of men's and women's fashion from their divergence in the medieval period to their convergence through to the late 20th century. Challenging the idea that the suit's success is merely down to its practicality, this trailblazing book argues that men have been fashion's true style-setters and that as women's fashion has taken on elements of men's style through tailoring, so men have reclaimed the embellishment and colour of past eras. First published in 1994 to great acclaim, this classic text is as fresh and provocative as ever and remains a must-read for students, scholars and anyone fascinated by the history of fashion and gender"--Provided by publisher.Clothing and dressSocial aspectsMen's clothingHistoryClothing and dressHistoryHistory of fashionbicsscClothing and dressSocial aspects.Men's clothingHistory.Clothing and dressHistory.History of fashion391DES005000ART015000bisacshHollander Anne779147NCaBNVSLCaBNVSLBOOK9910824278703321Sex and suits3992038UNINA