Book contents
- The Cambridge Global History of Fashion
- The Cambridge Global History of Fashion
- The Cambridge Global History of Fashion
- Copyright page
- Contents for Volume I
- Figures for Volume I
- Maps for Volume I
- Table for Volume I
- Contributors for Volume I
- Preface
- 1 Global History in the History of Fashion
- Part I Multiple Origins of Fashion
- 2 Towards a History of Fashion Without Origins
- 3 Fashion in the Ancient World
- 4 Fashion on the Silk Roads, 500–1300
- 5 Distinguishing Oneself
- 6 The Material Regulation of Fashion
- Part II Early Modern Global Entanglements
- Part III Many Worlds of Fashion
- Index
- References
2 - Towards a History of Fashion Without Origins
from Part I - Multiple Origins of Fashion
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 August 2023
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Book contents
- The Cambridge Global History of Fashion
- The Cambridge Global History of Fashion
- The Cambridge Global History of Fashion
- Copyright page
- Contents for Volume I
- Figures for Volume I
- Maps for Volume I
- Table for Volume I
- Contributors for Volume I
- Preface
- 1 Global History in the History of Fashion
- Part I Multiple Origins of Fashion
- 2 Towards a History of Fashion Without Origins
- 3 Fashion in the Ancient World
- 4 Fashion on the Silk Roads, 500–1300
- 5 Distinguishing Oneself
- 6 The Material Regulation of Fashion
- Part II Early Modern Global Entanglements
- Part III Many Worlds of Fashion
- Index
- References
Summary
Can it have been merely by coincidence that the future was to belong to the societies fickle enough to care about changing the colours, materials, and shapes of costume, as well as the social order and the map of the world – societies, that is, which were ready to break with their traditions? There is a connection.1
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- The Cambridge Global History of FashionFrom Antiquity to the Nineteenth Century, pp. 17 - 50Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023
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