The Complete Costume DictionaryWhile there are costume and fashion dictionaries tied to specific countries or periods, none have been comprehensive. In The Complete Costume Dictionary, Elizabeth Lewandowski has collected from a variety of sources--including costume history texts, journal articles, historical publications, autobiographies, biographies, foreign language dictionaries, and contemporary publications--to create a resource that spans the globe, from the earliest record of fashion to the 21st century. Including more than 20,000 fashion and costume terms, this volume also features more than 300 illustrations. The first section of the book is an alphabetical listing of these words with their definitions, period, and country of origin. This volume also contains appendixes that list the terms by country of origin, period, and type of clothing. The book is not limited to the Western World and includes both archaic and current terms. Significantly greater in scope than anything currently available--online or in print--this one-of-a-kind publication is an invaluable resource for costume and fashion historians, textile preservationists, period re-enactors, and history and theatre scholars, as well as theatre professionals. |
Contents
The Dictionary | 1 |
Garment Types | 327 |
Garments by Country | 397 |
Garment Types by Era | 517 |
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About the Author and Illustrator | 579 |
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America apron belt blouse blue bobbin lace bodice bonnet boot braid breeches brim brown Bustle buttons Byzantine and Romanesque cape China cloak cloth coat coiffure collar color corset cotton fabric crepe Crinoline crown decorated Directoire dress Early Georgian Early Gothic Ecuador Ecuador and Guatemala Elizabethan embroidered embroidery Empire France fringe front Gaelic word garment Gay Nineties Germany gold gown Greece green Guatemala hair hairstyle Hawaii headdress Holland hood India Introduced Ireland Italy jacket Japan Korea Late Georgian Late Gothic leather lightweight linen Man's mantle muslin neck necklace ornament overcoat Palestine petticoat plain weave pleated Poland Popular Portugal Qing dynasty Renaissance ribbon robe Romania Romantic satin scarf shawl shirt shoe short shoulder silk fabric skirt sleeve soft Spain stitch stripes taffeta thread trimmed trousers tunic turban twill twill weave United King United Kingdom velvet Vietnam waist Woman's wool fabric woolen worn woven