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Costume and Fashion : A Concise History

ISBN: 9780500203484 | 0500203482
Edition: 4th
Format: Trade Paper
Publisher: THAMES&HUD
Pub. Date: 7/17/2002

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SummaryTable of Contents
From the momentous invention of the needle some 40,000 years ago to the development of blue denim; from Neolithic weavers to the biggest names in the fashion industry today-this classic guide covers the landmarks of costume history, the forms and materials used through the ages, as well as the underlying motives of fashion and the ways in which clothes have been used to protect, to express identity, and to attract or to influence others. The concluding chapter by Amy de la Haye, covering the second half of the twentieth century, has now been up... MORE
How it all began
7(25)
Greeks and Romans
25(25)
Early Europe
... MORE(24)
The Renaissance and the sixteenth century
74(29)
The seventeenth century
103(24)
The eighteenth century
127(28)
From 1800 to 1850
155(22)
From 1850 to 1900
177(36)
From 1900 to 1939
213(39)
Rationed fashion to pluralistic style
252(40)
Select Bibliography292(1)
List of Illustrations293(8)
Index301

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