{"product_id":"fashion-in-the-time-of-sarah-jane-downing-9780747813545","title":"Fashion in the Time of William Shakespeare","description":"Garments and accessories are prominent in almost all of William Shakespeare's plays, from Hamlet and Othello to A Midsummer Night's Dream and Twelfth Night. The statement 'the apparel oft proclaims the man' was one that would have resonated with their audiences: the rise of England's merchant class had made issues of rank central to Elizabethan debate, and a rigid table of sumptuary laws carefully regulated the sorts of fabric and garment worn by the different classes. From the etiquette of courtly dress to the evolution of the Elizabethan ruff, in this vibrant introduction Sarah Jane Downing explores the sartorial world of the late sixteenth century, why people wore the clothes they did, and how the dizzying eclectic range of fashions (including ruffs, rebatos and French farthingales) transformed over time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sarah Jane Downing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 074781354X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780747813545\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Shire Publications\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/21\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 72\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.80w x 0.40d","brand":"Sarah Jane Downing","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46431313723647,"sku":"9780747813545","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2be95536-d0d0-4967-b5d5-3a5b78f07637.jpg?v=1735140950","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/fashion-in-the-time-of-sarah-jane-downing-9780747813545","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}