The Dress Detective is the first practical guide to analyzing fashion objects, clearly demonstrating how their close analysis can enhance and enrich interdiscip

Introduction -- 1 Artists & Wardrobes -- 2 The Slow Approach to Seeing -- 3 Observation -- 4 Reflection -- 5 Interpretation -- 6 Fashion & Identity -- 7 Fashion

"A tribute to a time when style -- and maybe even life -- felt more straightforward, and however arbitrary, there were definitive answers." -- Sadie Stein, Pari

Private detective Easy Rawlins looks for a gangster's girlfriend in 1940s L.A.

Fashion is ever-changing, and while some styles mark a dramatic departure from the past, many exhibit subtle differences from year to year that are not always e