Title:
Costume and fashion : a concise history
Author:
Laver, James, 1899-1975, author.
ISBN:
9780500204498
Personal Author:
Edition:
Sixth edition / updates by Amy de la Haye and Andrew Tucker.
Physical Description:
318 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 21 cm.
Series:
World of art
World of art.
General Note:
Previous edition: 2012.
Contents:
How it all began -- Greeks and Romans -- Early Europe -- The Renaissance and the sixteenth century -- The seventeenth century -- The eighteenth century -- From 1800 to 1850 -- From 1850 to 1900 -- From 1900 to 1939 -- Rational fashion to pluralistic style -- At the turn of the millennium -- Fashion since 2010.
Abstract:
From the momentous invention of the needle some 40,000 years ago to the development of blue denim, this classic guide covers the landmarks of costume history, the forms and materials used through the ages, as well as the ways in which clothes have been used to protect, to express identity, and to attract or influence others.