A History of Fashion and Costume series by Jane Bingham, Philip Steele, Kathy Elgin, Paige Weber, Anne Rooney, Peter Chrisp, Clare Hibbert, Adam Hibbert (#1-8)
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Overview: 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.
Describing both the practical uses of clothing and the highly impractical clothes that have been used throughout history to convey social status, these volumes provide a compelling look at the effects of fashion and costume on society. Each accessible volume describes the fashions of the time, styles and designs, and the changing use of materials.
Beautiful illustrations and engaging text examine clothing as well as the jewelry, hairstyles, hats, and footwear that accompanied the fashions and made them unique.
Special features in each volume include a foreword written by a fashion industry expert as well as a helpful glossary, timeline, and index
Genre: Non Fiction | History > Fashion
#1 – The Ancient World by Jane Bingham
– Hair and make-up worn in ancient Egypt
– Dressing for war
– The symbolic use of fashion accessories
– Beaver hats and whalebone corsets
– New York Society
– Spanish and Portuguese colonial costume
– Costumes for seafaring and traveling
– Undergarments both in the United States and abroad
– France and the Napoleonic style
– The royal courts of Spain and Portugal
– High performance materials and current styles
– and much more.
#2 – The Medieval World by Philip Steele
Knights, castles, heraldry, romance, battles, and feudal society. Evocative, accurate illustrations bring history to life in this wide-ranging medieval tour that covers everything from the splendor of the great halls and the pageantry of princes and knights, to the hardships of living in a feudal society.
#3 – Elizabethan England by Kathy Elgin
Focusing on the Elizabethan era in England, a period from about 1550 to 1603, this title shows various examples of the fascinating clothing worn by everyone from the noblemen and middle classes to the countryfolk and military men. England during the time of Queen Elizabeth I is well-known to students as the time of Shakespeare’s plays and other courtly drama. Photographs and illustrations from popular plays and movies show vivid examples of Elizabethan dress, which will assist students who are studying the common costumes and accessories of the time.
#4 – Early America by Paige Weber
Throughout the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries,explorers left Europe to search for westward sea routes to Asia.Instead they discovered the Americas,vast continents filled with unknown civilizations and treasures.Some of these native civilizations had developed into powerful empires.
#5 – The Eighteenth Century by Anne Rooney
The eighteenth century saw the beginnings of the modern fashion industry in Europe and America.Fashion magazines appeared and the first fashion plates were produced.For the first time,designs could be published and copied widely. Fashions began to change quickly,led by Paris and London. Designs were dictated not by practical needs but by trends in art,culture,and politics,by new discoveries,technological innovations,and scientific advances.Some European fashions were,in fact,so impractical they rendered their wearers almost incapable of everyday activity.
#6 – The Victorian Age by Peter Chrisp
The British queen,Victoria,has given her name to the era between 1837 and 1901,the years of her reign,the longest of any British ruler.The Victorian era was a period of world as well as British history,for the queen ruled at a time when Britain had a vast global empire,including a quarter of the planet’s population.
#7 – The Nineteenth Century by Philip Steele
The nineteenth century was a time of great social change.The world was opening up,thanks to railroads,steamships,and new roads.Trade became global.New technology allowed huge, noisy cotton mills in cities such as Manchester,England,to turn out vast quantities of cloth,which could then be sold around the world.Factories and mills replaced cottages and small workshops.
#8 – The Twentieth Century by Clare Hibbert, Adam Hibbert
This volume traces the history of fashion and costume during the twentieth century,a period that saw the most rapid and revolutionary changes in dress so far.
Home-sewn clothing declined as mass-production techniques were introduced and people were able to buy cheap,factorymade clothes.Over the century,fashions for men,women,and children became far less restrictive.This partly reflected changes in society,as rules about “polite”behavior relaxed. People’s roles changed,too.Women campaigned for and won the right to vote and play a more active role in society.Dress styles worn during previous centuries,when a wealthy woman’srole was mostly decorative,were no longer appropriate.
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