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We highlight a few of our favorite fashion history titles from the hundreds on the Dressed bookshelf.
Books discussed in today's episode:

Chinese Dress in Detail by San Fong Chan

China Adorned: Ritual and Custom of Ancient Cultures by Professor Deng Qiyao

Patchwork: A World Tour by Catherine Legrand

Fashion Before Plus-Size: Bodies, Bias and the Birth of an Industry by Lauren Downing Peters

Creating African Fashion Histories: Politics, Museums, and Sartorial Practices

Vintage Fashion: A Complete Sourcebook by Nicky Albrechtsen

How to Be Fabulous: Sustainable, Second-Hand Style on a Shoestring by Charlotte Dallison

Fashioning Submission: Documenting Fashion, Taste and Identity in WW2 Italy through “Bellezza” Magazine by Silvia Vacirca

The World According to Lee McQueen

The World According to Yves Saint Laurent

Yves Saint Laurent & Art

Fashion and the Art of Pochoir

Past Dressed episodes discussed in today's episode:

The Fabric of Life: An Interview with Gee's Bend Quiltmaker Loretta Pettway Bennett

A History of Stoutwear, an interview with Dr. Lauren Downing-Peters

Fashion and the Art of Pochoir 

Africa Fashion with Dr. Christine Checinska Part I and Part II

Fashion History Now #51: How to Shop for Vintage

Lee Alexander McQueen: Mind, Mythos, Muse with Clarissa Esguerra and Michaela Hansen

Favorite Fashion History Books

Fashion History Mystery #59: In Their Own Words: Autobiographies from Fashion's Greats

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