Cultural History of Dress and Fashion in the Renaissance

Elizabeth Currie is a freelance lecturer and author specialising in the history of fashion and textiles. She has formerly held the positions of Assistant Curator in Fashion, Textiles and Furniture at the V&A, Research Fellow and Tutor for History of Design MA at the Royal College of Art, UK.

• List of IllustrationsIntroductionElizabeth Currie (freelance lecturer and author specialising in the history of fashion and textiles, UK)Chapter 1 – TextilesMaria Hayward (University of Southampton, UK)Chapter 2 – Production and DistributionSusan Vincent (University of York, UK)Chapter 3 – The BodyIsabelle Paresys (Université de Lille, France)Chapter 4 – Belief Cordelia Warr (University of Manchester, UK)Chapter 5 – Gender and SexualityAnn Rosalind Jones (Smith College, USA)Chapter 6 – StatusCatherine Richardson (University of Kent, UK)Chapter 7 – Ethnicity Eminegül Karababa (Middle East Technical University, Turkey)Chapter 8 – Visual RepresentationsAnna Reynolds (Deputy Surveyor of Paintings, Royal Collection Trust, UK)Chapter 9 – Literary RepresentationsGerry Milligan (City University of New York, USA)NotesBibliographyNotes on Contributors Index

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