It has long been said that clothes make the man (or woman), but is it still true today? If so, how has the information clothes convey changed over the years? Us

In what ways do changing notions of social class correspond with key developments in the history of fashion? Focusing on examples ranging from 18th-century Brit

Drawing together theoretical ideas from across the social sciences, Classifying Fashion, Fashioning Class examines how the fashion-class association has develop

The British have always been concerned about accent, appearance and class, but at no time during the twentieth century was ' keeping up appearances' more import

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