TY  - BOOK
AU  - Edwards,Nina
TI  - Pazazz: the impact and resonance of white clothing 
SN  - 9781789146851 (hbk.) :
AV  - GT511 
PY  - 2023///
CY  - London
PB  - Reaktion Books
KW  - Clothing and dress
KW  - History
KW  - Symbolic aspects
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Psychological aspects
KW  - White in art
KW  - Fashion
KW  - Beauty and Fashion
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - '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
ER  -