{"product_id":"unsuitable-a-history-of-lesbian-fashion-by-eleanor-medhurst-2","title":"Unsuitable: A History of Lesbian Fashion by Eleanor Medhurst","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eClothes are central to lesbian history, and lesbians are central to fashion history. The way we dress can help us show who we are, or hide ourselves; make us into a community, or make us stand out from the crowd. Yet 'lesbian fashion' is often strangely overlooked.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWithout this story of self-expression, what are we missing about the culture and status of queer women?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe lesbian past is slippery: it has often been deliberately hidden, edited or left unrecorded. \u003cem\u003eUnsuitable\u003c\/em\u003e restores to style history and queer history the fascinating, ever-changing tale of modern lesbian dress, from top hats to violet tiaras. This story spans centuries and countries, from 'Gentleman Jack' in nineteenth-century Yorkshire and Queen Christina of seventeenth-century Sweden, to Paris modernism, genderqueer Berlin, butch\/femme bar culture and 1980s activists, via drag kings, the Suffragettes, the Harlem Renaissance and the power of slogan tees. This book is a kaleidoscope of the margins and the mainstream, celebrating trans lesbian histories, Black lesbian histories, and histories of gender- nonconformity.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYou don't have to be queer or fashionable to be enthralled by this hidden history of minority identity. In \u003cem\u003eUnsuitable\u003c\/em\u003e, Eleanor Medhurst lights it up for the world to see, in all its finery.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePaperback \/ 274 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Bookish Type","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58202694680957,"sku":null,"price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0264\/0891\/0933\/files\/9781805266051.jpg?v=1779622564","url":"https:\/\/thebookishtype.co.uk\/products\/unsuitable-a-history-of-lesbian-fashion-by-eleanor-medhurst-2","provider":"The Bookish Type","version":"1.0","type":"link"}