Dress Codes: Meanings And Messages In American Culture

By Ruth P. Rubinstein

Book Overview

Clothing and fashion form images used by society to organize itself, maintain social order, and integrate social change. These images emanate from the "collective memory," a vocabulary of images accumulated since the ancient past.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813367956
• ISBN13: 9780813367958
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 388 Pages
• Weight: 1.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

A great book for research about the "why" of fashion trends

For a class project, I decided to make a website discussing how various fashions throughout time have reflected the social status of women. This book was a great resource. It makes one realize that people don't always wear clothes just because they like them. Looking at fashion gives wonderful insite into a culture.