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A history of fashion
A History of Fashion is a wonderful reference book for anyone in costuming.
304 pages, Hardcover
First published March 6, 1975
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October 28, 2025
I found this oversized book in a Thrift shop over the weekend.
In perfect condition, with detail and narratives, the paper is top-notch quality.
99.9% Beautiful color plates. Published in 1975, it begins with the ancient world and ends with fashion in the 60's and 70s.
400 pages of wow!
In perfect condition, with detail and narratives, the paper is top-notch quality.
99.9% Beautiful color plates. Published in 1975, it begins with the ancient world and ends with fashion in the 60's and 70s.
400 pages of wow!
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December 30, 2008This book changed the way I look at clothes. Very often modern Americans base the stylishness of an outfit on whether or not it creates an hour glass figure, but this is a limited aesthetic. Throughout history, clothing has served different purposes of enhancing the figure or displaying jewelry or exhibiting the wearer's ability to elaborately fold a large bolt of cloth. Now instead of assuming an outfit is meant for the figure, I first ask myself what the goal of an outfit is. Color study? A contrast of textures? A backdrop for accessories?
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October 15, 2014always fascinated by how things came to be
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