Table of Contents

Sine qua non of a Fashion System
The Birth of Fashion
Words for Fashion
Desire for Novelty and Unique Expression
Desire for Spending Money
The Development of Shopping
The Seduction of the Well-Draped Form

Reviews

A welcome contribution to European history and literature, and to theoretical perspectives on material and cultural representations and constructions. [It] will certainly make a significant contribution to developments in this area.
*ÓENACH: FMRSI REVIEWS*

[The author's] scholarship, copious quotations, and attentiveness to detail render her thesis utterly persuasive. A satisfying, historically-nuanced analysis that counters simplistic assumptions about medieval subjectivity and culture.
*ENCOMIA*