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The language of clothes / Alison Lurie, with illustrations assembled by Doris Palca

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: London : Bloomsbury, 1992Edition: Rev. edDescription: xii,272p : ill, facsims, ports ; 24cmISBN:
  • 9780747508212 pbk
  • 9780747508212 pbk
Subject(s): Summary: Considers why people wear what they wear. The author examines how clothes identify sex, age and class and how they can indicate the wearer's occupation, geographical origin, personality, opinions, tastes, sexual desires and current mood.
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Bibliography: p[265]-266.

Considers why people wear what they wear. The author examines how clothes identify sex, age and class and how they can indicate the wearer's occupation, geographical origin, personality, opinions, tastes, sexual desires and current mood.

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