OSCAR WILDE
Includes his essay This Philosophy of Dress for the first time.
LIMITED EDITION
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Hand sewn, hand bound in Iris linen with a printed cover design by Joanna Darlington.
GENEROUSLY ILLUSTRATED
Annotated analysis of Wilde’s relationship to dress.
Including:
▪ The FIRST EDITION in book form of Oscar Wilde's The Philosophy of Dress.
▪ Previously unpublished correspondence to and about Wilde on dress that appeared in Pall Mall Gazette which informs Wilde's essays.
▪ Thorough analysis of Wilde and his relationship to dress and fashion.
▪ 36 illustrations and more than 200 footnotes and commentary.
Other themes explored:
▪ The International Health Exhibition of 1884.
▪ Wilde's famous quotation about fashion.
▪ Many contemporary books and authors on dress familiar to Wilde.
▪ The Rational Dress Society and the Dress Reform Movement.
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