{"product_id":"dress-and-morality","title":"Dress and Morality","description":"Condition: BRAND NEW\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781350400559\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Trade paperback (UK)\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2026\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Bloomsbury\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDescription:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn 747, Saint Boniface declared that wide stripes and scarlet borders in dress were a dangerous incitement of lust and ruination of the soul. A thousand years later the Jesuit Father Bernard Vaughan, in his book \u003ci\u003eThe Sins of Society,\u003c\/i\u003e claimed that immodest dress led to paganism, while the popular v-shaped necklines of fashionable tops (referred to by some doctors as 'pneumonia necklines') were denounced as immoral by religious critics, along with short skirts.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eFor many years dress and morality have been intertwined, while moralists throughout history have raged against fashions for being too short, too long, too tight, too loose, or too costly.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this enlightening and entertaining book, Aileen Ribeiro looks at fashion extremes over the centuries from codpieces to corsets revealing how dress has functioned as a vehicle of righteousness or turpitude, and as an expression of sexuality, class or social status.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith sharp wit and lavish illustrations, \u003ci\u003eDress and Morality\u003c\/i\u003e offers an in-depth exploration of the comical vanities and social etiquettes associated with dress in the past. This foundational fashion classic has been re-issued with a new preface, afterword and further reading list remaining an essential and entertaining read.","brand":"RANDOM HOUSE","offers":[{"title":"Default","offer_id":41837307789445,"sku":"PR430254","price":50.5,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/0213\/3637\/files\/image_TT6LBAZ3IQIY.jpg?v=1788130700","url":"https:\/\/smartfoxbooks.co.nz\/products\/dress-and-morality","provider":"Smartfox Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}