A History Of Fashion And Costume

Author : DK
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1465407804
Total Pages : 482 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fashion written by DK and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-10-01 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tracing the evolution of fashion-from the early draped fabrics of ancient times to the catwalk couture of today, Fashion: The Definitive History of Costume and Style is a stunningly illustrated guide to more than three thousand years of shifting trends and innovative developments in the world of clothing. With a wealth of breathtaking spreads-from ancient Egyptian dress to Space Age Fashion and Grunge-and information on icons like Marie Antoinette, Clara Bow, Jacqueline Kennedy, and Alexander McQueen, Fashion will captivate anyone interested in style-whether it's the fashion-mad teen in Tokyo, the wannabe designer in college, or the fashionista intrigued by the violent origins of the stiletto and the birth of bling.

Author : Alex Woolf
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780816059454
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A History of Fashion and Costume written by Alex Woolf and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A History of Fashion and Costume is an eight-volume set that examines the development of costume and fashion over time, from the earliest cave dwellers to the present, along with the social history that gave rise to it. Introducing readers to the rich world of fashion and dress, this set vividly depicts the changing styles, processes, and trends--"from the first people to wear clothes in the last Ice Age to the courtly fashion of medieval Europe to the globalization of Western style--"that led us to the clothing of today.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 520 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Eighteenth Century written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Kathy Elgin
Publisher : Facts On File
ISBN 13 : 9781604133790
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Elizabethan England written by Kathy Elgin and published by Facts On File. This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looks at clothing worn by all classes of people in 16th century England.

Author : Francis Michael Kelly
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 9780486423227
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book European Costume and Fashion, 1490-1790 written by Francis Michael Kelly and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2002-01-01 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Authoritative, exhaustive guide provides detailed descriptions and accurate representations of conventional early-16th-century fashions for women; doublets of mid-century; Spanish trunk hose and ruffs from the early 17th century; an early-18th-century cousin of the modern suit for men; along with cravats, parasols, bustles, grandiose coiffures, and more. 211 illustrations.

Author : Douglas A. Russell
Publisher : Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice-Hall
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 568 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Costume History and Style written by Douglas A. Russell and published by Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice-Hall. This book was released on 1983 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Well organized survey of the history of dress in the Western world. Examines the development of styles in relation to the cultural contexts of the time.

Author : François Boucher
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 441 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book 20,000 Years of Fashion written by François Boucher and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 441 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Douglas W. Gorsline
Publisher : B. T. Batsford Limited
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A History of Fashion written by Douglas W. Gorsline and published by B. T. Batsford Limited. This book was released on 1993 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A visual encyclopedia of historical dress, pinpointing the key developments in each period from the ancients to the 20th century. After a brief review of the ancient world, the book moves on to European trends from the medieval period to World War I. American styles are also covered in detail from 1840. Key developments in each period are pinpointed; historical chronologies set style changes in context.

Author : Akiko Fukai
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 720 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fashion written by Akiko Fukai and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 720 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Patricia Rieff Anawalt
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 616 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Worldwide History of Dress written by Patricia Rieff Anawalt and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 616 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Brilliantly tracing influences from culture to culture, this tour-de-force journey across the globe includes descriptions of each region's population, geography and climate, allowing the reader to understand the development of an area's clothing customs. Complete with an extensive reference section, this treasure trove of information is a glorious celebration of ethnographic clothing and is destined to be the standard reference work on the subject." --BOOK JACKET.