"Dress Codes: How the Laws of Fashion Made History" von Richard Thompson Ford untersucht, wie Kleidung und Mode nicht nur Ausdruck persönlicher Identität sind, sondern auch tief in gesellschaftlichen Normen, Gesetzen und Machtstrukturen...

A "sharp and entertaining" (The Wall Street Journal) exploration of fashion through the ages that asks what our clothing reveals about ourselves and our society.Dress codes are as old as clothing itself. For centuries, clothing has been...