Books by Annette Lynch

While African American dress has long been noted as having a distinctive edge, many people may not know that debutante balls feature young men and women dressed in conventional symbols of male hegemony and female purity. This text discusses how dress is a site for the renegotiation of identity.

Changing trends in fashion have always reflected large-scale social and cultural changes. This title presents a multi-disciplinary approach to examining fashion change, bringing together theory from fashion studies, cultural studies, sociology, psychology and art history, amongst others. It is intended for the undergraduate student of fashion.