Dress Like a Woman : Working Women and What They Wore Book Review

Posted By yonghow on May 8th, 2020

Dress Like a Woman : Working Women and What They Wore explores the myriad of different costumes worn by women all over the world, a fascinating intersection of gender, fashion, politics, culture, class, nationality, and race.

You’ll see some familiar faces, including trailblazers Shirley Chisholm, Amelia Earhart, Angela Davis, Georgia O’Keeffe, and Michelle Obama, but the majority of photographs are of ordinary working women from many backgrounds and professions. Pioneering scientists and mathematicians, leading civil rights and feminist activists, factory workers and lumberjacks, stay-at-home moms and domestic workers, and artists and musicians; all express their individual style and dress to get the job done.

Dress Like a Woman : Working Women and What They Wore Book Review

This hardcover volume is an excellent reference when exploring ideas and designs for costumes. The wide gamut of cultures, professions and regions covered will give the reader an expansive visual study of costume designs from the world all over.

“Dress Like a Woman : Working Women and What They Wore” book details :

– Dimensions – 6.8 x 1 x 9.8 inches
– Hardcover, 224 pages
– Full color