This book explores medieval society's fascination with the cross-dressed woman and examines a wide variety of sources which record attempts to overcome gender hierarchy and illustrate a desire to re-examine social gender identities.

Dressing for success in business and life is described and shown with 300 plus color photos no matter what type of organization you work for, Traditional, Business Casual or Casual dress and includes materials, colors, fit, style, and tailoring principles that apply to every outfit you ever wear. White begins with suits, dress shirts and ties as well as blazers/sports jackets. That is followed by casual attire for companies that dress in jeans, t-shirts, casual pants, polo shirts, shorts and sneakers. He includes outerwear and winter coats. The book begins with how to be well-dressed for a job interview because first you have to look like someone they want to hire, then how to dress every day so you always look promotable even while working on weekends, holidays and casual Fridays, including the notorious Christmas party. He gives three simple rules to follow that make it easy to dress for success at work and in our social lives. To appeal to women, he explains everything from suits to swim trunks again with hundreds of photos to show you how to look great at wedding receptions or on a pizza and beer date. This is the only book you'll ever need to look successful and great at work and play!

"Clothes Don't Maketh The Man". You must be wondering if you read this line right. A famous proverb says otherwise. If a man turned up wearing distress denim for a board meeting or wore a formal suit for a casual coffee or date, he would be judged for being inappropriately dressed. What if there was an explanation as to why he was not suitably dressed for the occasion? Isn't a man constantly judged and labeled according to what he does, how he looks, how he speaks or behaves. He is expected to be a good provider, a passionate lover, a decent man, a loving father, a good son, a supportive brother, and a great husband. Phew exhausting isn't it? Every man at every stage of his life strives to give his best towards his personal and professional commitments. This book is about understanding a man beyond his external appearance discovering him beyond how the world looks at him and judges him. What is the definition of an ideal man? What goes about making him loved desired and respected. Take this journey with the author to find out. This book is an ode to every man out there, going about his life making a difference.

“A remarkable novel” (The New York Times) about America’s first female soldier, Deborah Sampson Gannett, who ran away from home in 1782, successfully disguised herself as a man, and fought valiantly in the Revolutionary War. At a time when rigid societal norms seemed absolute, Deborah Sampson risked everything in search of something better. Revolutionary, Alex Myers’s richly imagined and carefully researched debut novel, tells the story of a fierce-tempered young woman turned celebrated solider and the remarkable courage, hope, fear, and heartbreak that shaped her odyssey during the birth of a nation. After years of indentured servitude in a sleepy Massachusetts town, Deborah chafes under the oppression of colonial society and cannot always hide her discontent. When a sudden crisis forces her hand, she decides to escape the only way she can, rejecting her place in the community in favor of the perilous unknown. Cutting her hair, binding her chest, and donning men’s clothes stolen from a neighbor, Deborah sheds her name and her home, beginning her identity-shaking transformation into the imaginary “Robert Shurtliff”—a desperate and dangerous masquerade that grows more serious when “Robert” joins the Continental Army. What follows is a journey through America’s War of Independence like no other—an unlikely march through cold winters across bloody battlefields, the nightmare of combat and the cruelty of betrayal, the elation of true love and the tragedy of heartbreak. As The Boston Globe raves, “Revolutionary succeeds on a number of levels, as a great historical-military adventure story, as an exploration of gender identity, and as a page-turning description of the fascinating life of the revolutionary Deborah Sampson.”

The first of Allan Ahlberg's mini-masterpieces for early readers, with striking illustrations by Katharine McEwen. Winner of the Red House Children's Book Award, this book is the first in a series of brilliantly funny early readers by Allan Ahlberg. One morning Mr Gaskitt puts on all his clothes, Mrs Gaskitt picks up a robber in her taxi, Gus and Gloria have trouble with a teacher, Horace the cat goes to a friend's house to watch TV and the car radio gets things wrong. What follows is an action-packed, massively swift-paced and farcical romp as different plots interweave and end in a thrilling car chase with Mr Gaskitt saving the day! With lively illustrations by Katharine McEwen."A delight from beginning to end. The pictures are outstanding and mark the advent of a really inspired illustrator." The Financial Times"Ahlberg's direct and funny storytelling style makes reading as near-effortless as possible." Guardian "Huge fun and ideal for early readers." Independent on Sunday

It has long been said that clothes make the man (or woman), but is it still true today? If so, how has the information clothes convey changed over the years? Using a wide range of historical and contemporary materials, Diana Crane demonstrates how the social significance of clothing has been transformed. Crane compares nineteenth-century societies—France and the United States—where social class was the most salient aspect of social identity signified in clothing with late twentieth-century America, where lifestyle, gender, sexual orientation, age, and ethnicity are more meaningful to individuals in constructing their wardrobes. Today, clothes worn at work signify social class, but leisure clothes convey meanings ranging from trite to political. In today's multicode societies, clothes inhibit as well as facilitate communication between highly fragmented social groups. Crane extends her comparison by showing how nineteenth-century French designers created fashions that suited lifestyles of Paris elites but that were also widely adopted outside France. By contrast, today's designers operate in a global marketplace, shaped by television, film, and popular music. No longer confined to elites, trendsetters are drawn from many social groups, and most trends have short trajectories. To assess the impact of fashion on women, Crane uses voices of college-aged and middle-aged women who took part in focus groups. These discussions yield fascinating information about women's perceptions of female identity and sexuality in the fashion industry. An absorbing work, Fashion and Its Social Agendas stands out as a critical study of gender, fashion, and consumer culture. "Why do people dress the way they do? How does clothing contribute to a person's identity as a man or woman, as a white-collar professional or blue-collar worker, as a preppie, yuppie, or nerd? How is it that dress no longer denotes social class so much as lifestyle? . . . Intelligent and informative, [this] book proposes thoughtful answers to some of these questions."-Library Journal