Fashion: The Definitive History of Costume and Style (2012)
By: Kathryn Hennessy; Anna Fischel
From simple to sophisticated, elegant to excessive, what we wear says who we are. “Fashion” is the ultimate visual guide to everything ever worn. From the extravagance of Ancient Egypt, through the legendary fashion houses of Chanel and Dior, to the latest cutting-edge labels, this gorgeous collection of costume and dress shows how fashion reflects people and places, and captures the times in which they lived.
Categories: 14th century, 15th century, 16th century, 17th century, 18th century, 19th century, 20th century, 21st century, Ancient World, Book Type, Early Middle Ages, Survey Textbooks
Tags: 19th century, 20th century, ancient, Baroque, medieval, Rococo
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Publisher: | New York, NY: DK Publishing, ©2012. |
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ISBN: | 9781465407801 1465407804 |
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OCLC Number: | 840417029 |
Description: | 480 pages: illustrated ; 31 cm |
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Table of contents
Table of contents
Prehistory-600CE: the Ancient world — 600-1449: Medieval romance and trade — 1450-1624: Renaissance splendor — 1625-1789: Baroque and Rococo — 1790-1900: from revolution to frivolity — 1901-1928: la belle epoque and the jazz age — 1929-1946: from glamour to utility — 1947-1964: optimism and youth — 1964-1979: swinging sixties to glam rock — 1980 onward: the designer decades. |
About the author
About the author
Kathryn Hennessy and Anna Fischel are editors at Dorling Kindersley (DK), which is a British multinational publishing company specializing in illustrated reference books for adults and children in 62 languages.
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- Global Fashion (70)
- Africa (20)
- Asia (26)
- East Asia (13)
- South and Southeast Asia (9)
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- Europe (34)
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- 20th century (58)
- 21st century (29)
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