Fashion : : the Definitive History of Costume and Style
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Includes index.
The Ancient world -- Medieval romance and trade -- Renaissance splendor -- Baroque and rococo -- From revolution to frivolity -- La belle epoque and the jazz age -- From glamour to utility -- Optimism and youth -- Swinging sixties to glam rock -- The designer decades.
"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."--p.[4] of cover.
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PUBLISHED
New York, N.Y. : DK Publishing, c2012.
Year Published: 2012
Description: 480 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 31 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780756698355
0756698359
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Brown, Susan.
DK Publishing, Inc.
Smithsonian Institution.
SUBJECTS
Fashion -- History.
Clothing and dress -- History.