Identity : dress codes in European schools : London, Paris, Berlin, Barcelona, Milan, January 2004- April 2006 / Catherine Balet.

1st ed.

159 p. : chiefly col. ill. ; 29 cm.

The author has photographed teenagers, documenting dress codes in European schools, showing how students customize their outfits in schools that require uniforms, exhibiting the anachronstic uniforms of prestigious English schools, and demonstratiang how the quest for identity is reflected in choices of dress and style, and the convergence of global and local culture in those choices. Whether dressed in a school uniform or in their own peer-influenced choice of clothing, adolescents use their clothing to establish their identity.

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779.93910094 B184i 2006