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Cultural Passions
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Authors: Elizabeth Wilson
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The Sphinx in the City
Language: en
Pages: 216
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Type: BOOK - Published: 1992-03-10 - Publisher: Univ of California Press

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Defining Dress
Language: en
Pages: 182
Authors: Amy De La Haye
Categories: Design
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This collection of essays brings together many separate but related issues which form the focus of contemporary research into the history of dress. Historically