This guide will help you access book resources related to fashion diversity and inclusivity regarding religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, size, age, and physical abilities. This is a list of University Library book resources along with links to some useful databases and online resources. Please search Discovery@Kent_State to find additional books and articles. You may also wish to view the subject guide on Black Fashion.
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Aesthetics of Excess: The Art and Politics of Black and Latina Embodiment by 
Carnival to Catwalk: Global Reflections on Fancy Dress Costume by 
Dressing the Resistance: The Visual Language of Protest Through History by 
Fashion and Motherhood: Image, Material, Identity / edited by Laura Snelgrove
Fashion Before Plus-Size: Bodies, Bias & the Birth of an Industry by 
Fashion, Disability and Co-design: A Human-Centered Design Approach / Grace Jun
Fashion, Women and Power: The Politics of Dress by 
Fashioning Diaspora: Beauty, Femininity, and South Asian American Culture by 
Fat Fashion: The Thin Ideal and the Segregation of Plus-Size Bodies by 
Feminist Interrogations of Women's Head Hair: Crown of Glory and Shame by 
Functional Clothing Design: From Sportswear to Spacesuits by 
Gay Men's Style: Fashion, Dress and Sexuality in the 21st Century by 
Hang-Ups: Reflections on the Causes and Consequences of Fashion's 'Western'-Centrism by 
The Intersection of Fashion and Disability: A Historical Analysis by 
Latin American and Latinx Fashion Design Today: ¡Moda Hoy! / Tanya Meléndez-Escalante and Melissa Marra-Alvarez (eds.)
MeXicana Fashions: Politics, Self-Adornment, and Identity Construction by 
Modesty: A Fashion Paradox: Uncovering the Causes, Controversies and Key Players Behind the Global Trend to Conceal, Rather than Reveal / Hafsa Lodi by 
The New Beauty: A Modern Look at Beauty, Culture, and Fashion by 
Night Flowers: From Avant-Drag to Extreme Haute Couture by 
The Power of Plus: Inside Fashion's Size-Inclusivity Revolution by 
The Power of Style: How Fashion and Beauty are Being Used to Reclaim Cultures by 
A Queer History of Fashion: From the Closet to the Catwalk by 
Revisiting the Gaze: The Fashioned Body and the Politics of Looking by 
This is Not Fashion: Streetwear Past, Present and Future by 
Tribal and the Cultural legacy of Streetwear / edited by G. James Daichendt
When Women Ran Fifth Avenue: The Glamorous True Story of Department Stores and the Ladies Who Launched American Fashion / Julie Satow by 
Women Dressing Women: A Lineage of Female Fashion Design by 
The Women Who Revolutionized Fashion: 250 Years of Design by 
Ghea Panggabean: Asia Bohemian Chic: Indonesian Heritage Becomes Fashion by 
Iris Apfel: Accidental Icon: Musings of a Geriatric Starlet by 
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