Modehistoria

Offering a unique anthology of primary texts, this sourcebook opens a window on the writing that shaped and mirrored Victorian fashion, taking us from corsets to crinolines, …

This 'hip pocket guide to Britain's swinging fashion scene' gives a charming and now quite humorous look back at the emergence of London as a major player in the world of style …

Studies of millinery tend to focus on hats, rather than the extraordinarily skilled workers who create them. American Milliners and their World sets out to redress the balance, …

Clothing Goes to War: Creativity Inspired by Scarcity in World War II is the story of clothing use when manufacturing for civilians nearly stopped and raw materials and workers …

“A thick, tangled and deliciously idiosyncratic history of hair.” Times Literary SupplementIn the period 1450 to 1650 in Europe, hair was braided, curled, shaped, cut, colored, …

Boka tar utgangspunkt i feltarbeidet med registrering og fotografering av plagg og påkledningsmåtar som vart gjort i Jølster på 1960- og -70-talet. Framstillinga omhandlar …

Shoes reveal the hopes, dreams, and disappointments of the early Americans who wore them.Honorable Mention of the Historic New England Book Prize by Historic New EnglandIn …

It's often said that we are what we wear. Tracing an American trajectory in fashion, Lauren Cardon shows how we become what we wear. Over the twentieth century, the American …

Bringing together a wealth of primary sources and with contributions from leading experts, Dress History of Korea presents the most recent approaches to the interpretation of dress …

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with …