Dressed to impress  looking the part 
edited by William J.F. Keenan ; foreword by David Martin. 
 - Oxford  New York  Berg  2001. 
 - xv, 236 p.  ill.  25 cm. 
 - Dress, body, culture .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and indexes. 
<br/><br/>Introduction: Sartor Resartus restored: dress studies in Carlylean perspective -- A comparative exploration of dress and the presentation of self as implicit religion -- An 'informalizing spurt' in clothing regimes: court ballet in the civilizing process -- Land of hip and glory: fashioning the 'classic' national body -- Multiple meanings of the Hijab in contemporary France -- Gestus manifests Habitus: dress and the Mormon -- Vampires and goths: fandom, gender and cult dress -- The fall and rise of erotic lingerie -- Dress freedom: the personal and the political. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1859734553 185973460X (pbk.)  £14.99 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBA1-Y8263 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Costume--Social aspects.<br/>Choice (Psychology)<br/>Identity (Psychology)<br/>Clothing and dress--Social aspects.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>GT525  / .D74 2001 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>391.0019  / D7735