Dressed in Time : A World View (Paperback)

List of Illustrations Preface Acknowledgements 1. About Time Focus 1 a Wearing Time on the Body Focus 1 b Dress, Value and Time 2. Deep Time: The Origins of Dress Focus 2 a Ancient Footwear. What is its Significance? Focus 2 b Mystery! An Egyptian Garment 3. Context: What Does it Mean? Focus 3 a The Puzzle of Dates Focus 3 b What are "1920s" Fashions? 4. Cultural Exchange: Past and Present Focus 4 a Who Should Own the Past? Focus 4 b The Kimono Controversy 5. Rituals: The Significance of Time Focus 5 a Relics: Remains of a Past or Not? Focus 5 b First Nation Cloaks: Identity Reclaimed 6. The Wardrobe Story Focus 6 a A Wife: What is She Worth? Focus 6 b Time to Change 7. Dress: Time and Cultural Memory Focus 7 a Time: Displaying Sartorial Memories Focus 7 b Fashion: No Present Without a Past 8. Unfixed: Time and Dress Focus 8 a Can Fashion be Timeless? Focus 8 b Replicas: Engaging with Time Select Bibliography Index