Byzantine Dress: Representations of Secular Dress

by Jennifer L. Ball

In Byzantium two overlapping systems of dress existed: a semiotic one whereby dress was a code for rank and wealth; and a fashion system where dress was based on the desire to look a certain way. Courtiers participated in a semiotic system of dress, but fashion crept into their prescribed outfits; the nobility chose their clothing based primarily on individual taste, but status was encoded within their fashions. This book elucidates secular dress...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1403967008
• ISBN13: 9781403967008
• Release Date: February 2006
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 205 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.6"