Muffs & Morals by Pearl Binder
London: George Harrap, 1953. Amusing book on the nature of fashion, modesty and excess. Chapters include Decency & Indecency in Dress; Male Coquetry; The Dress & the Job; Beards & Moustaches, Cosmetics & Patches; Hairdressing & Wigs; Foundations & Underwear; Jewellery & Clothes; Sumptuary Laws: Extremes & Encroachments; Umbrellas, Walking-sticks and Fans; Children & their Clothes; Who Sets the Fashion?; The Influence of the East. With illustrations. Bound in purple cloth.
