Shari Benstock and Suzanne Ferris, eds., On Fashion. Piscataway, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1994.

This diverse collection, which explores how women's fashions affect- and are affected by-standards of beauty, includes essays about Barbie doll fashions, the impact of Twiggy and Amelia Earhart, and the role of women's magazines in fashion marketing.

Sarah Berry, Screen Style: Fashion and Femininity in 1930s Hollywood. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2000.

The chapter "Suitably Feminine" provides a good discussion of the influence of movie stars on women's dress reform, while the rest of this book addresses other Hollywood fashion trends such as the impact of exotic styles and consumerism.

Stella Bruzzi, Undressing Cinema: Clothing and Identity in the Movies. New York: Routledge, 1997.

This book examines how race, ethnicity, and gender are portrayed in movies through the use of clothing. Chapters include "The Instabilities of the Franco—American Gangster," "The...