Modesty in Dress; An Inquiry Into the Fundamentals of Fashion

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1969. Hardcover. Ex-library with usual markings; spine slightly rolled; jacket a wee bit stuck to tape reside on front boards (may be easily, carefully detached) ; else a tight and clean good copy thus.. Quarto in white jacket illus. in color; 186 pages illustrations, portraits 27 cm; bibliographical references (pages 183-186).Numerous b&w illus. & photos. Contents: Modesty and its foes -- The lust of the eye and the pride of life -- How fashion operates -- Formalized and fossilized dress -- The special case of military uniforms -- Vicarious ostentation -- The immodesty of disguise -- The exploitation of immodesty -- Frou-frou and fetishism -- Children should be seen -- The liberation of sport -- Oh! Reform it altogether! -- Male and female created He them -- Bibliography. Clothing and dress -- History. Fashion -- History. Costume -- Histoire. Clothing and dress. Fashion.