It takes the average reader 5 hours and 38 minutes to read Adorned in Dreams by Elizabeth Wilson
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
When Adorned in Dreams was first published in 1985, Angela Carter described the book as "the best I have read on the subject, bar none." From haute couture to haberdashery, "deviant" dress to Dior, Elizabeth Wilson traces the social and cultural history of fashion and its complex relationship to modernity. She also discusses fashion's vociferous opponents, from the "dress reform" movement to certain strands of feminism. Wilson delights in the power of fashion to mark out identity or subvert it. This brand new edition of her book follows recent developments to bring the story of fashionable...
Adorned in Dreams by Elizabeth Wilson is 328 pages long, and a total of 84,624 words.
This makes it 111% the length of the average book. It also has 103% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 42 minutes to read Adorned in Dreams aloud.
Adorned in Dreams is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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