Jean Williams is a Senior Research Fellow at the International Centre for Sporting History and Culture at De Montfort University, Leicester, UK. Having written on women's football since 1998, Jean has recently published A Contemporary History of Women's Sport 1850-1960 (Routledge, 2014). She is currently writing Send Her Victorious: A History of Britain's Women Olympians 1900-2014, forthcoming in 2016.

1. Kit: Fashioning the Sporting Body - Introduction 2. Delineating Professional and Amateur Athletic Bodies in Victorian England 3. The Style Stakes: Fashion, Sportswear and Horse Racing in Inter-war America 4. Given the Boot: Reading the Ambiguities of British and Continental Football Boot Design 5. 'Ten Years Ahead of His Time': The East End Elegance of Martin Peters 6. German Sports Shoes, Basketball, and Hip Hop: The Consumption and Cultural Significance of the adidas 'Superstar', 1966-1988 7. From Sportswear to Leisurewear: The Evolution of English Football League Shirt Design in the Replica Kit Era