Paulicelli Eugenia. Fashion Under Fascism. Beyond the Black Shirt

Bloomsbury Academic, 2004. — 256 p. — (Dress, Body, Culture). — ISBN-10: 1859737781, ISBN-13: 978-1859737781The book is to tell the history of Italian fashion and culture of the period of fascism.
It doesn't contain any images and consists of 240 pages. At the end there's an Appendix, an interview with Micol Fontana.
Italian style came to be perceived as being in the realm of values. Not only are there
fine quality clothes Made in Italy, there also exists a conceptual category known as the
Italian look, which is internationally recognized as a signifier of refined opulence and
deluxe modernity, of casual, expensive, sexy elegance. Yet within this general category,
there is room for a variety of individual styles, each of which apparently expresses some
aspect of what foreigners perceive as la dolce vita.