TY - BOOK AU - Tang,Syl TI - Disrobed: how clothing predicts economic cycles, saves lives, and determines the future SN - 9781442270992 PY - 2017///] CY - Lanham PB - Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group KW - Clothing and dress KW - Social aspects N1 - Includes index N2 - Clothing reflects everything, and by looking at the clothing of every situation, you can understand where the world is, in that moment. Furthermore, you can use clothing to predict and influence the future. Disrobed focuses on how clothing reflects our zeitgeist. Tang comments on whether you should or shouldn't spend money on style. This is not a book on the "should" of consumerism, but rather the "is" of consumption ER -