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Pazazz : the impact and resonance of white clothing

Edwards, Nina (Freelance writer), author

2023

Overview

'Pazazz' 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 Klan, 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.

• Publisher: Reaktion Books
• Subject: Clothing and dress History. / Clothing and dress Symbolic aspects History. / Clothing and dress Social aspects. / Clothing and dress Psychological aspects. / White in art. / Fashion History. / Fashion Social aspects. / Fashion Psychological aspects. / Beauty and Fashion.
• ISBN: 9781789146851

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