Adorned in Dreams

When Adorned in Dreams was first published in 1985, Angela Carter described the book as ''the best I have read on the subject, bar none''. From haute-couture to haberdashery, ''deviant'' dress to Dior, Elizabeth Wilson traces the social history of fashion and its complex relationship to modernity. She also discusses fashion''s vociferous opponents, from the ''dress reform'' movement to certain str...