The Cambridge Global History of Fashion: Volume 1

Christopher Breward is Director of National Museums Scotland. He has published widely on the history of fashion and masculinity, clothing and city life and fashion's relationship with modernity. Notable publications include The Suit: Form, Function and Style (2016), and co-edited volumes London Fashion: from Street to Catwalk (2004) and Fashion's World Cities (2006). Beverly Lemire is Professor and Henry Marshall Tory Chair at the University of Alberta. She publishes widely on consumer practice, material culture, gender and trade. Notable publications include Global Trade and the Transformation of Consumer Cultures, c. 1500-1820 (2018) and the co-edited volume Object Lives & Global Histories in Northern North America. Material Culture in Motion, c. 1780-1980 (2021). Giorgio Riello is Chair of Early Modern Global History, European University Institute, Florence and Professor of Global History & Culture, University of Warwick. He publishes extensively on the history of fashion, textiles and trade between Europe and Asia. Among his books are: Cotton: The Fabric that Made the Modern World (2013); Luxury: A Rich History (with P. McNeil) (2016); and Back in Fashion: Western Fashion from the Middle Ages to the Present (2020).
Christopher Breward is Director of National Museums Scotland. He has published widely on the history of fashion and masculinity, clothing and city life and fashion's relationship with modernity. Notable publications include The Suit: Form, Function and Style (2016), and co-edited volumes London Fashion: from Street to Catwalk (2004) and Fashion's World Cities (2006). Beverly Lemire is Professor and Henry Marshall Tory Chair at the University of Alberta. She publishes widely on consumer practice, material culture, gender and trade. Notable publications include Global Trade and the Transformation of Consumer Cultures, c. 1500-1820 (2018) and the co-edited volume Object Lives & Global Histories in Northern North America. Material Culture in Motion, c. 1780-1980 (2021). Giorgio Riello is Chair of Early Modern Global History, European University Institute, Florence and Professor of Global History & Culture, University of Warwick. He publishes extensively on the history of fashion, textiles and trade between Europe and Asia. Among his books are: Cotton: The Fabric that Made the Modern World (2013); Luxury: A Rich History (with P. McNeil) (2016); and Back in Fashion: Western Fashion from the Middle Ages to the Present (2020).