{"product_id":"9781789146851","title":"Pazazz","description":"Author: Nina Edwards\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781789146851\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Reaktion Books\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 Jun 2023\u003cbr\u003ePages: 224\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eFrom bridal gowns and White Parties to shrouds, an illuminating look at the power of our palest apparel.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePazazz\u003c\/i\u003e examines the complex meanings of white clothing throughout history. Delicate and impractical, white cloth in the past was difficult to obtain, as well as to keep clean. It is a symbol of purity but also of class superiority, privilege, and the display of leisure. It represents the menace of the Ku Klux Clan, but also the transition of a bride to the married state. It can be the appropriate dress for mourning and shrouds. White lace is ethereal; straitjackets are tough stuff. White clothing has been a marker of innocence and simplicity for women, but also of calculated, high-maintenance fashion. And for men, white can be evidence of power. But for many, white is a startling absence of colour, the epitome of elegance. No matter how you view this lightest of hues and its place in your wardrobe, \u003ci\u003ePazazz\u003c\/i\u003e sheds a bright white light on the complex nature of fair fashion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u0026amp;#x27;From bridal wear to the Ku Klux Klan, an exploration of the complex meanings of white clothing throughout history; sometimes a symbol of purity but also of class superiority, privilege and the display of leisure.\u0026amp;#x27; - Bookseller\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u0026amp;#x27;A truly fascinating, even radiant book: a long-needed history of the no-color-and super-color-that can clothe us in virtue, cleanness, light. Edwards illuminates the ambiguity of this color of life and death, its difficult practicalities, and its luxuries and delights.\u0026amp;#x27; - John Harvey, author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Story of Black\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u0026amp;#x27;Edwards looks beyond white as the color of purity and virtuous cleanliness to reveal a deeper and sometimes sinister history of white clothing as a tool for moral and social distinction. From the supernatural to the authoritative, and from cradle to grave, white clothing enshrouds human life.\u0026amp;#x27; - Serena Dyer, lecturer in history of design and material culture, De Montfort University, and author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMaterial Lives: Women Makers and Consumer Culture in the Eighteenth Century\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u0026amp;#x27;In these intriguing pages discover the power of white clothing, from the Athenian gods of fashion to Jackie Kennedy's love for this \u0026amp;#x27;most ceremonial color.\u0026amp;#x27;\u0026amp;#x27; - Peter McNeil, distinguished professor in design history, University of Technology Sydney\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46857098068126,"sku":"ADS-9781789146851","price":44.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781789146851.jpg?v=1779154190","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781789146851","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}