Part I: Uniforms and Culture * Uniforms, Body Techniques and Culture * Why Do Uniforms Intrigue Us? * Technique of the Uniformed Body * The Emergence of Uniforms of Modernity * Part II: Uniforms and Authority * From Military Uniforms To Codified Civility * From Identification to Indulgence to Utilitarianism * Glamour, Discipline, Modernity * Functionality, Sexuality, Colonisation * Military Uniforms and Civil Life * School Uniforms and Docile Bodies * Uniforms and Pedagogy * Modern Masculinity and the Rise of School Uniforms * One of the Boys? Uniform Codes and Feminine Persona * Modifying School Uniforms Amid Youth Culture * The School Uniform Debate Today * Uniform Techniques Despite Fashion Changes * Women in Uniform * Modern Identities for Plucky Heroines * Policing Femininity * Fighting Women * Brides of Christ or Sister Act: Dressing Women Clergy * Sexualising Uniforms * Part III: Uniforms for Work and Leisure * Uniforms at Work * Uniforms at Work * Classic Elements of Work Uniforms * 'Flight Refreshments': Dressing Airlines * The Work of Occupational Uniforms * Interpreting Occupational Uniforms * Corporate, Quasi and Informal Uniforms * Ambiguity and Occupational Identity * Sports Unifforms to Sportswear * Sporting Bodies and Disciplined Selves * Defining Sports Uniforms and Sportswear * Shaping Sports Uniforms: Some Historical Currents * The Gendering of Sports Uniforms * The Transformation of Sportswear Under Consumer Culture * Fashioning Sports Clothing as Lifestyle Couture * Sports Clothing as Fashion * The The Lycra Revolution * Body Technologies * From Stylish Sports Clothing to Sporty Style * Part IV: Uniform Culture * Uniforms in Fashion and Popular Culture * Uniforms and Popular Culture * Uniforms in Hollywood Musicals * The Uniform in Fashion Photography * Uniform Influences on Design * Postmodern Sensibilities * Subcultures and Uniforms * From West to East-And Back Again * The Popularity of Uniforms and Sexual Frisson * Transgressive Uniforms in Contemporary Culture * The Power of Uniforms * Ecclesiastical Dress: From Carnival to Carnal * Transgression and Culture * The Transgressive Uptake of Uniforms * Discipine and transgression * Radicalism and transgression * Sexuality and transgression