Throughout history, every culture has had its own ideas on what growing up and growing old means,...
This collection of papers on 'Dress and Identity' arose from a seminar series held by the Institu...
This volume looks at how the issues of textiles and gender intertwine across three millennia in a...
Whilst seemingly simple garments such as the tunic remained staples of the classical wardrobe, so...
Hair, or lack of it, is one the most significant identifiers of individuals in any society. In An...
Throughout history, every culture has had its own ideas on what growing up and growing old means,...
Studies of the nude body have been around for many years, but rarely has scholarship looked at th...
'A thick, tangled and deliciously idiosyncratic history of hair.' Times Literary SupplementHair, ...
Spinning Fates and the Song of the Loom