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Pages: 266
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Language: en
Pages: 510
Pages: 510
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-02-17 - Publisher: Routledge
The first comprehensive study on the role of Italian fashion and Italian literature, this book analyzes clothing and fashion as described and represented in lit
Language: en
Pages: 428
Pages: 428
Type: BOOK - Published: 2005-01-01 - Publisher: Yale University Press
Shopping was as important in the Renaissance as it is in the 21st century. This book breaks new ground in the area of Renaissance material culture, focussing on
Language: en
Pages: 324
Pages: 324
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-03-03 - Publisher: JHU Press
At a glance, high fashion and feminism seem unlikely partners. Between the First and Second World Wars, however, these forces combined femininity and modernity