The Coat Route
by Meg Lukens Noonan | 
The Art of Dress
by Jane Ashelford |
Nineteenth-Century Fashion in Detail
by Lucy Johnston |
Dangerous Liaisons
by Harold Koda |
Deluxe
by Dana Thomas | 
The End of Fashion
by Teri Agins | 
D.V.
by Diana Vreeland | 
The Beautiful Fall
by Alicia Drake |
Seventeenth and Eighteenth-Century Fashion in Detail
by Avril Hart | 
The Little Dictionary of Fashion
by Christian Dior | 
Bohemians
by Elizabeth Wilson | 
Style Clinic
by Paula Reed | 
Men's Style
by Russell Smith | 
What I Wore
by Jessica Quirk | 
How to Be a Budget Fashionista
by Kathryn Finney | 
Wear This, Toss That!
by Amy E. Goodman |
Vivienne Westwood
by Claire Wilcox |
Alexander McQueen
by Kristin Knox |
The Lucky Guide to Mastering Any Style
by Kim France | 
How to Get Dressed
by Alison Freer |
When Adorned in Dreams was first published in 1985, Angela Carter described the book as "the best I have read on the subject, bar none." From haute couture to haberdashery, "deviant" dress to Dior, Elizabeth Wilson traces the social and cultural history of fashion and its complex relationship to modernity. She also discusses fashion's vociferous opponents, from the "dress reform" movement to certain strands of feminism. Wilson delights in the power of fashion to mark out identity or subvert it. This brand new edition of her book follows recent developments to bring the story of fashionable dress up to date, exploring the grunge look inspired by bands like Nirvana, the "boho chic" of the mid 90's, retro-dressing, and the meanings of dress from the veil to soccer player David Beckham's pink-varnished toenails.