Textile History

"A diamond is forever." Who among us doesn't recognize this slogan and, with it, the fascination that diamonds hold in our collective imagination as emblems of royalty, glamor, and eternal love? Rachelle Bergstein's cultural biography illuminates the enticing, often surprising story of our society's enduring obsession with diamonds - and the people who have worked tirelessly to ensure their continued allure.

Нескучное исследование о том, как проявлялся индивидуализм в стране с тоталитарным режимом и дефицитом модных вещей. Новая книга Миши Бастера о разнообразии субкультурных практик в стиле панк, проливающая свет на малоизученные социологами истории проявлений индивидуализма в стране с тоталитарным режимом и дефицитом модных вещей. Истории от анархистов XIX века до альтернативной молодежной культуры конца ХХ века, известной публике по безудержным экспериментам в музыке, моде и искусстве. Миша Бастер – художник- дизайнер, в 1980-х – участник творческого андеграунда.

A follow-up to her popular Encyclopedia of the Exquisite, Jenkins' new book offers a string of historical anecdotes structured around the hours of the day, celebrating the unusual, fantastic, and beautiful ways people have spent time throughout the ages.

We may not often think of our clothes as having a function beyond covering our naked bodies and keeping us a little safer from the elements. But to discount the enormous influence of clothing on anything from economic cycles to the future of water scarcity is to ignore the greater meaning of the garments we put on our backs. Disrobed vividly considers the role that clothing plays in everything from natural disasters to climate change to terrorism to geopolitics to agribusiness.