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Heard, Narcissus, An Anatomy of Clothes, 1924, 1 (1)

Heard, Gerald
Narcissus. An Anatomy of Clothes
London (Kegan Paul Trench Trubner & Co.),
New York (E. P. Dutton & Co., 1924, pp.156, illustrations

CONTENTS

CHAP. PAGE

INTRODUCTION . . . 9

I A METAPHYSIC OF MODE . 13

II THE SHIRT OF NESSUS . . 23

III THE FASHIONING OF FASHION 37

IV THE DIVIDING OF THE THREAD 41

V THE CLASSICAL DISCARD . 55

VI ORIENTAL RATIONALISM AND

OCCIDENTAL SAVAGERY 71

VII EVOLUTION RESUMED . . 77

VIII EVOLUTION CONVOLUTED . 95

IX THE INDUSTRIAL DEFLECTION 108

X THE CEREMENTING OF THE

GENTLEMAN . . . 122

XI THE CULMINATION OF UNIFORMS 132

XII THE FUTURE'S FASHIONS . 140

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