Table of Contents

Introduction by Patricia Mears • 1. The Explorer’s Club: A Brief History by Lacey Flint 2. Dress, Image and Cultural Encounter in the Heroic Age of Polar Exploration by Sarah Pickman • 3. Fashions from the Extreme: The Poles, Highest Peak, and Beyond by Patricia Mears • 4. Fur: The Final Frontier by Jonathan Faires • 5. Looking Back at the Future: Spacesuits and Space Age Fashion by Elizabeth Way • 6. Ocean Exploration: Fashions from the Deep by Ariele Elia

Promotional Information

The first major study to explore the relationship between clothing made for survival in the most inhospitable environments on earth and beyond, and the high fashion it has inspired

About the Author

Patricia Mears is Deputy Director, Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology.

Reviews

'Shows the ingenuity and originality of clothes for extreme weather conditions' - Vogue