Throughout history, every culture has had its own ideas on what growing up and growing old means,...

This collection of papers on 'Dress and Identity' arose from a seminar series held by the Institu...

Throughout history, every culture has had its own ideas on what growing up and growing old means,...

This volume looks at how the issues of textiles and gender intertwine across three millennia in a...

Childhood and families had a ubiquitous and central presence in the ancient world but one which i...

Whilst seemingly simple garments such as the tunic remained staples of the classical wardrobe, so...

Hair, or lack of it, is one the most significant identifiers of individuals in any society. In An...

Studies of the nude body have been around for many years, but rarely has scholarship looked at th...

'A thick, tangled and deliciously idiosyncratic history of hair.' Times Literary SupplementHair, ...

Major series of studies exploring the use of ancient textiles and clothing as literary devices in...