Costume and fashion : a concise history / James Laver.
By: Laver, James
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Contributor(s): De La Haye, Amy.
Material type: 
BookSeries: World of art.Publisher: London : Thames and Hudson, 1995Edition: Rev., expanded, and updated ed. / concluding chapter by Amy de la Haye.Description: 296 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 21 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 0500202664.Other title: Costume & fashion [Cover title].Subject(s): Clothing and dress -- History | Fashion -- HistoryDDC classification: 391 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| General Lending | MTU Crawford College of Art and Design Library Lending | 391 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00192670 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
From the invention of the needle some 40,000 years ago to the birth of grunge in the 1990s; from the neolithic weavers to the biggest names in the fashion industry today - this is a guide to the landmarks of costume history and to the forms and materials used through the ages. Also featured are the underlying motives of fashion and the ways in which clothes have been used to protect, to express identity, and to attract or to influence others.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [284]) and index.
How it all began -- Greeks and Romans -- Early Europe -- The Renaissance and the sixteenth century -- The seventeenth century -- The eighteenth century -- From 1800 to 1850 -- From 1850 to 1900 -- From 1900 to 1939 -- Rationed fashion to pluralistic style.
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