{"product_id":"pazazz-the-impact-and-resonance-of-white-clothing-9781789146851","title":"Pazazz: The Impact and Resonance of White Clothing","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003eAn examination of the complex meanings of white clothing through history. \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLength\u003c\/strong\u003e: 256 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date\u003c\/strong\u003e: 01 February 2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: Reaktion Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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'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.' — Bookseller\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'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.' — 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'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.' — 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'In these intriguing pages discover the power of white clothing, from the Athenian gods of fashion to Jackie Kennedy’s love for this 'most ceremonial color.'' — Peter McNeil, distinguished professor in design history, University of Technology Sydney\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimension\u003c\/strong\u003e: 240 x 156 (mm)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9781789146851\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nina Edwards","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":44102111658234,"sku":"9781789146851","price":14.64,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/products\/1675419387954_book.jpg?v=1675892158","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/pazazz-the-impact-and-resonance-of-white-clothing-9781789146851","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}