Sex and suits
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0679430962
ISBN 13
9780679430964
Category
Cultural Criticism
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Publication Year
1994
Publisher
A. A. Knopf Canada, Canada
Pages
viii, 212 pages
Subject
Clothing and dress -- social aspects, Clothing and dress -- history
Abstract
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, 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.
Biblio Notes
Illustrated.
Number of Copies
1
