John Harvey is Reader in Literature and Visual Culture at the University of Cambridge, UK, and Fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge.

Clothes protect our vulnerable skin and they keep us warm or cool. They help us show that we are young or old, rich or poor, at work or play, and whether we may be good to know. This title considers the overlapping values that clothes have for us.

Acknowledgements The incident in Stubbylee Park 1. Why can't we trust our clothes? 2. On trend, off trend: fashion and freedom 3. What shall I wear, who shall I be? 4. Clothes and the body within the clothes 5. Team colours 6. Couturiers and objets d'art Conclusion: dream clothes and future clothes Further reading References Index