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The story of lingerie / Muriel Barbier, Shazia Boucher.

Title
The story of lingerie / Muriel Barbier, Shazia Boucher.
Author
Barbier, Muriel.
Publication
London : Parkstone International ; New York : Parkstone Press USA, c2004.

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Additional Authors
  • Boucher, Shazia.
  • Thomass, Chantal, 1947-
Description
270 p. : chiefly ill. (chiefly col.); 33 cm.
Summary
In this text, the authors chronicle the evolution of underwear with society itself. They correlate lingerie with emancipation, questioning whether it asserts new found freedoms or simply adjusts to conform to changing social values.
Subject
Lingerie > History
Genre/Form
History
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Introduction -- Underwear and fashion -- Underware and society -- Eroticism, seduction and fetishism -- Economics -- Conclusion.
ISBN
1859958044
OCLC
  • 60805866
  • SCSB-12217944
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library