Bloomsbury Fashion Central

Table of contents

• Front matter
  • Notes on Contributors
  • Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• Part 1: Historical Perspectives
  • [Part 1: Historical Perspectives : Introductory Text]
  • The Florentine ‘Rigattieri’: Second Hand Clothing Dealers and the Circulation of Goods in the Renaissance
  • Shifting Currency: The Culture and Economy of the Second Hand Trade in England, c. 1600–1850
  • Cast-Offs: Civilization, Charity or Commerce? Aspects of Second Hand Clothing Use in Australia, 1788–1900
  • Second Hand Silk Kimono Migrating Across Borders
  • Parcels from America: American Clothes in Ireland c.1930–1980
• Part 2: Trading Cultures
  • [Part 2: Trading Cultures : Introductory Text]
  • Crafting Appearances: The Second Hand Clothing Trade and Dress Practices in Zambia
  • Creative Entrepreneurs: The Recycling of Second Hand Indian Clothing
  • ‘Ukay-Ukay’ Chic: Tales of Second Hand Clothing Fashion and Trade in the Philippine Cordillera
  • Second Hand Fashion, Culture and Identity in Hong Kong
• Part 3: Contemporary Refashioning
  • [Part 3: Contemporary Refashioning : Introductory Text]
  • Sixties Dress Only! The Consumption of the Past in a Retro Scene
  • Vintage Whores and Vintage Virgins: Second Hand Fashion in the Twenty-first Century
  • Working the Edge: XULY.Bët’s Recycled Clothing
• Back matter
  • Bibliography