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1) Dress coded
Author
Language
English
Description
"An eighth grader starts a podcast to protest the unfair dress code enforcement at her middle school and sparks a rebellion."--
"Olly Frost is FED UP... Because Olivia was yelled at for wearing a tank top when she had to keep her sweatshirt wrapped around her waist. Because Liza got dress coded and Molly didn't, even though they were wearing the exact same outfit. Because when Jessica was pulled over by the principal and missed a math quiz, her teacher...
Author
Publisher
Harper Perennial
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Everything--from societal changes to the progress (or lack thereof) of women's rights to the hidden motivations behind what we choose to wear to align ourselves with a particular social group--can be tracked through clothing. Veronique Hyland examines thought-provoking questions such as: Why has the "French girl" persisted as our most undying archetype? What does "dressing for yourself" really mean for a woman? How should a female politician dress?...
Publisher
Hearst Books
Pub. Date
©2019.
Language
English
Description
"What to wear and how to wear it. This definitive personal style guide from the editors of Esquire offers witty, wry, and practical advice for men looking to dress their best anytime, anywhere. Along with photography of legendary icons, the book covers closet essentials, investment pieces, office attire, accessories, and most essentially, how to develop and express your personality. These are the fashion fundamentals you can rely on, no matter the...
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Formats
Description
A Golden Kite Honor Book of 2018 * A Kirkus Best Book of 2017
"A poetic love letter to the complexities of teenage identity, and the frustrations of growing up in a place where everything fits in a box—except you."—David Arnold, New York Times bestselling author of Kids of Appetite
"Courtney Stevens firmly reasserts herself as a master storyteller of young adult
...Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
A law professor and cultural critic offers an eye-opening exploration of the laws of fashion throughout history, from the middle ages to the present day, examining the canons, mores and customs of clothing rules that we often take for granted.
Author
Publisher
Picador USA
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
An intensely felt and extraordinary family memoir by Noelle Howey, who characterizes her touching and confusing sexual journey into womanhood as influenced by her relationship with her transgendered father and tomboy mother.
Throughout her childhood in suburban Ohio, Noelle struggled to gain love and affection from her distant father. In compensating for her father's brusqueness, Noelle idolized her nurturing tomboy mother and her conservative grandma...
Author
Publisher
Tantor Media, Inc
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
For centuries, clothing has been a wearable status symbol; fashion, a weapon in struggles for social change; and dress codes, a way to maintain political control. Dress codes evolved along with the social and political ideals of the day, but they always reflected struggles for power and status. In the 1700s, South Carolina's "Negro Act" made it illegal for Black people to dress "above their condition." In the 1920s, the bobbed hair and form-fitting...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"A collection of stories follows four young men as they come of age in a Rhode Island postindustrial enclave and struggle to liberate themselves from the limitations imposed on African Americans while navigating the dynamics of sex, drugs, class, and family." --
