Aileen Ribeiro

Dress and Morality

2nd Revised edition. Sprachen: Englisch. 23,6 cm / 15,7 cm / 2,5 cm ( B/H/T )
Buch (Hardcover), 302 Seiten
EAN 9781350400566
Veröffentlicht Juni 2026
Verlag/Hersteller Bloomsbury Academic
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Beschreibung

In 747, Saint Boniface declared that wide stripes and scarlet borders in dress were a dangerous incitement of lust and ruination of the soul. A thousand years later the Jesuit Father Bernard Vaughan, in his book The Sins of Society, claimed that immodest dress led to paganism, while the popular v-shaped necklines of fashionable tops (referred to by some doctors as 'pneumonia necklines') were denounced as immoral by religious critics, along with short skirts. For many years dress and morality have been intertwined, while moralists throughout history have raged against fashions for being too short, too long, too tight, too loose, or too costly. In this enlightening and entertaining book, Aileen Ribeiro looks at fashion extremes over the centuries - from codpieces to corsets - revealing how dress has functioned as a vehicle of righteousness or turpitude, and as an expression of sexuality, class or social status. With sharp wit and lavish illustrations, Dress and Morality offers an in-depth exploration of the comical vanities and social etiquettes associated with dress in the past. This foundational fashion classic has been re-issued with a new preface, afterword and further reading list - remaining an essential and entertaining read.

Portrait

Aileen Ribeiro is professor emeritus of History of Art at the University of London, UK. She is a historian of fashion and author of several books about the history of costume. Professor Ribeiro was Head of the History of Dress section at the Courtauld Institute from 1975 until 2009.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface to the re-issue Acknowledgements List of Illustrations with Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Body and Soul 2. Vile Bodies 3. The World, the Flesh and the Devil 4. The Ship of Fools 5. Rags of Sin, Robes of Shame and Provocations of Lust 6. The Vanity of Human Wishes 7. The Great Divide 8. Dress and Disorder Postscript Notes Selection Bibliography Index

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