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Dressed in Time - A World View by Margaret Maynard; Joanne B. Eicher (Series edited by)
Category: History | Series: Dress, Body, Culture Ser.
Through object-based case studies of garments from the ancient past through to the 21st century, Margaret Maynard reveals the countless ways the temporal is woven into our attire. From the physical effects of age on garments to their changing cultural significance, time and fashion are inextricably link ...Show more
Fashioned from Penury - Dress as Cultural Practice in Colonial Australia by Margaret Maynard
Category: Fashion | Series: Studies in Australian History Ser.
From the first white settlement clothing was of vast social significance to Australians. It was central to the ways class and status were negotiated and equally significant for marking out sexual differences. Dress was implicated in definitions of morality, in the relationship between Europeans and Abor ...Show more
Out of Line: Australian Women and Style by Margaret Maynard
Category: Craft | Series: Synthese Library
Australian fashion is often accused of being derivative. This work argues that Australian women's fashions may be superficially derivative, but that quite distinctive patterns of wearing resonate in their dress.
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