This is the first work to survey dress around the world, drawing together issues of consumption, ethnicity, gender and the body, as well as anthropological acco

Attitudes to fashion have changed radically in the twenty-first century. Dress is increasingly approached as a means of self-expression, rather than as a signif

The Fabric of Cultures examines the impact of fashion as a manufacturing industry and as a culture industry that shapes identities of nations and cities in a cr

Asian fashion has become a global phenomenon of significant economic, political and social import. But the industry in Asia remains characterized by the gap bet

Dressing Global Bodies addresses the complex politics of dress and fashion from a global perspective spanning four centuries, tying the early global to more con