Clothing/Apparel

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The Canadian Green Consumer Guide: How You Can Help
Book
1988
A guide to responsible shopping that won't cost the earth.
Dressing for TV
Zwicker, Barrie
Article
1997
What to wear when you're going to be interviewed on TV.
Dressing for TV
Zwicker, Barrie
Article
Advice for what to wear when you are going to be interviewed on television.
I am not that Woman in a burqa : A Palestinian novelist remembers the liberated, educated women of her life, and how their freedom has been, and is being, curtailed.
Khalifeh, Sahar
Article
2015
Palestinian novelist Sahar Khalifeh discusses growing up as a girl and woman in Arab culture, and how Arab women are represented in Western culture.
Steal This Book
Hoffman, Abbie
Book
1971
A guide to fighting government and corporations. The book is divided into three sections, "Survive!", "Fight!" and "Liberate!"
The Unfashionable Human Body
Rudolfsky, Bernard
Book
1973
A discussion of apparel, in the broadest sense of the word, and how it has reflected and shaped attitudes to the human body.

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Anatomy of Nakedness
Ableman, Paul
1982
Of all the things we possess the only one we can really claim as our own is our body. Yet nothing else gives rise to such complex attitudes. We hide it, reveal it, flaunt it, are ashamed of it, even s...
Discover the New Way to... Dress for Success
Law, Kimberly
2010
It has been suggested that 41% of Canadians now dress casually for work. With numbers that high you would think casual dressing for the workplace would be easy. Not so. Many people are even more confu...
The Song of the Shirt: Cheap Clothes Across Continents and Centuries by Jeremy Seabrook – review
Sandhu,Sukhdev
2014
A review of the book "The Song of the Shirt: Cheap Clothes Across Continents and Centuries", an account of the clothing industry and the exploitative conditions that workers undergo as they work for i...
Suit Yourself in Quality this Fall
Law, Kimberly
2006
When buying a suit, the label and the price tag aren't always the best way to judge value. By evaluating the construction details before you buy, you will make a wise investment that will add to your ...
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The Human Significance of the Skin
Montagu, Ashley
1972
An analysis of the skin regarded as a sense organ rather than as a simple bodily covering.
What Not to Wear to the Company Picnic
Law, Kimberly
2010
Sexy and frumpy have no place in the workplace. They also have no place at business gatherings, even at the park. When dressing for work or any work related activity it's important to appear credible.