Pazazz examines the complex meanings of white clothing through history. Delicate and impractical, white cloth in the past was difficult to obtain, as well as to keep clean. It is a symbol of purity but also of class superiority, privilege and the display of leisure.
It represents both the menace of the Ku Klux Klan and the transition of a bride to the married state; it can be the appropriate dress for mourning and for shrouds. White lace is ethereal; straitjackets are tough. White clothing has been a marker of innocence and simplicity for women but also of calculated, high-maintenance fashion; for men, white can be evidence of power.
White is a startling absence of colour, the epitome of elegance.
| ISBN: | 9781789146851 |
| Publication date: | 1st February 2023 |
| Author: | Nina Edwards |
| Publisher: | Reaktion Books |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 223 pages |
| Genres: |
Fashion and textile design Cultural studies: dress and society |
Pazazz examines the complex meanings of white clothing through history. Delicate and impractical, white cloth in the past was difficult to obtain, as well as to keep clean.
Pazazz features in the following genres: Fashion and textile design, Cultural studies: dress and society
Hardback. £18.00, down from the £20.00 cover price. In Stock.
Pazazz was written by Nina Edwards and published by Reaktion Books
Pazazz has 223 pages
£18.00, reduced from £20.00. In Stock.