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    The Fashion Chronicles by Amber Butchart: Out Now

    28 Sep ’18 /

    The latest book by fashion historian, and now TV presenter Amber Butchart (A Stitch in Time on BBC 4 – second season please), is a comprehensively researched stroll through the best dressed folk ever to exist on the planet. The Fashion Chronicles: The Style Stories of History’s Best Dressed is laid out to be effortlessly readable, split into sections ranging from Ancient (and we mean ancient; basically like the first clothes ever) to 20th and 21st Century. Each entry gets a couple of pages of engaging historical notes and background justifying their inclusion along with a photo / picture or two. It works; it doesn’t feel like study or revision,…

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    Rumble Fish: Dress Code Integrity in Gang Culture

    30 Aug ’12 /

    The costumes of Rumble Fish express the importance of teenage dress codes before the segregating journey into adulthood.

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