This engaging analysis of Western fashion explores the influence of fashion, taste, and style on people's actions and beliefs since the Middle Ages.

When Shar tries on a ring from Hades, it activates an obscure contractual clause that puts Shar and Meg in Hades’ service once more. Shar is whisked away to the Underworld to prepare a ball for Persephone, while Meg is sent to retrieve the errant soul of spoiled rich girl Paulina Swanson and send her to the abyss.

The Historical Dictionary of the Fashion Industry examines the origins and history of this billion-dollar industry. This is done through a list of acronyms and abbreviations, a chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, and hundreds of cross-referenced entries on designers, models, couture houses, significant articles of apparel and fabrics, trade unions, and the international trade organizations.

AllStar Magazine is an urban lifestyle magazine that covers all aspects of Hip-Hop culture. As the new voice of the Hip-Hop generation, AllStar focuses on music, style, sports and politics with intelligence, sophistication, integrity and most of all, respect.

Enter the world of glamour and go behind the scenes of the fashion world. The Fashion Book is an ideal introduction to the world of fashion. Learn about its history and how it has translated into the works of modern-day designers. Explore numerous styles, and get to know about the origins of what we wear and why. Packed with stunning images and illustrations, The Fashion Book also takes a look at the history of the most iconic fashion trends and charts the changing shapes of clothes and shoes. Read about the inspirational works of fashion icons, from Coco Chanel to Kate Moss, and find out about a day in the life of a catwalk model. The Fashion Book is a gorgeous style guide for teenagers who want to discover the stories behind their favorite looks, create their own style, and learn what makes the fashion world tick!

This book is the first book-length study to explore the sartorial politics of identity in the literature of the South Asian diaspora in Britain. Using fashion and dress as the main focus of analysis, and linking them with a myriad of identity concerns, the book takes the reader on a journey from the eighteenth century to the new millennium, from early travel account by South Asian writers to contemporary British-Asian fictions. Besides sartorial readings of other key authors and texts, the book provides an in-depth exploration of Kamala Markandaya’s The Nowhere Man (1972), Hanif Kureishi’s The Buddha of Suburbia (1990), Meera Syal’s Life Isn’t All Ha Ha Hee Hee (1999) and Monica Ali’s Brick Lane (2003).This work examines what an analysis of dress contributes to the interpretation of the featured texts, their contexts and identity politics, but it also considers what literature has added to past and present discussions on the South Asian dressed body in Br itain. Endowed with an interdisciplinary emphasis, the book is of interest to students and academics in a variety of fields, including literary criticism, socio-cultural studies and fashion theory.