Dressing the Resistance : the Visual Language of Protest Through History
(Book)

Throughout history, societies have used clothing to show acceptance and exclusion, convention and subversion, group belonging and rejection. In the same way, fashion, clothing, textiles, accessories, and costume have served their own critical role in shaping protest movements throughout history. In short, clothing was often the most basic opportunity for groups to rebel: a simple, mundane item to express their discontent, from American suffragettes making and wearing dresses from old newspapers printed with voting slogans to Pussy Riot's pink balaclaves.