The Visual History of Costume"The core of the book consists of over 200 contemporary illustrations of dress (in both colour and black-and-white), arranged in order of date for easy reference. They include paintings, drawings, photographs, advertisements, stone effigies, brass rubbings all choosen to show what was worn at a certain date and by whom, and far more vivid and authoritative than any modern reconstruction. The commentaries to the pictures are broken up in terms of 'Head', 'Body' and Accessories', for ease of use, and they not only describe the dress in great detail, but show, for example, why a certain item may give away a sitter's social orgins, or may be particularly fashionable or ultra-conservative, for its date. A detailed introduction sets out the background to the evolution of clothing over the centuries, the broad changes themselves, and some guidance on how to look to contemporary sources for information on costume history - a process not wilthout pitfalls."--BOOK JACKET. |
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Acknowledgements | 6 |
Introduction | 19 |
The history of costume | 45 |
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20th centuries Accessories Albert Museum Anon artists band belt blackwork embroidery bodice Body bonnet boots braid Brass rubbing breeches brim buttons chemise clothes colour costume court cravat cuffs curls day dress decorated doublet edged embroidered Engraving fabric falling band Fashion Research Centre fashionable dress fastened feathers fitted formal French frill frock coat front garments gloves gold gown hairstyle hats Head The hair headdress hips hood Illustration informal jacket knot lace Lady lappets late linen London loose lounge suit mantua matching men's morning coat Museum of London narrow National Portrait Gallery neck neckline Note Oil on canvas padded pattern Paul Poiret pendant petticoat Photograph pleats popular ribbon robe ruff shape shirt shoes short shoulders silhouette silk skirt sleeves standing collar suit supertunic tailored Tate Gallery trimmed trousers velvet Victoria and Albert waist waistcoat waistline wide women wear women's dress worn wrist