TY  - BOOK
N2  - A cultural history of dress and fashion' presents an authoritative survey from ancient times to the present. This set of six volumes covers over 2,500 years of dress and fashion. Volume 1: Antiquity (500BCE-800AD), edited by Mary Harlow; Volume 2: The Medieval Age (800-1450), edited by Sarah-Grace Heller; Volume 3: The Renaissance (1450-1650), edited by Elizabeth Currie; Volume 4: The Age of Enlightenment (1650-1800), edited by Peter McNeil; Volume 5: The Age of Empire (1800-1920), edited by Denise Amy Baxter; Volume 6: The Modern Age (1920-2000+), edited by Alexandra Palmer. Each volume discusses the same key themes in its chapters: 1. Textiles 2. Production and Distribution 3. The Body 4. Belief 5. Gender and Sexuality 6. Status 7. Ethnicity 8. Visual Representations 9. Literary Representations. This structure means readers can either have a broad overview of a period by reading a volume or follow a theme through history by reading the relevant chapter in each volume. Superbly illustrated, the full six volume set combines to present the most authoritative and comprehensive survey available on dress and fashion through history.
AB  - A cultural history of dress and fashion' presents an authoritative survey from ancient times to the present. This set of six volumes covers over 2,500 years of dress and fashion. Volume 1: Antiquity (500BCE-800AD), edited by Mary Harlow; Volume 2: The Medieval Age (800-1450), edited by Sarah-Grace Heller; Volume 3: The Renaissance (1450-1650), edited by Elizabeth Currie; Volume 4: The Age of Enlightenment (1650-1800), edited by Peter McNeil; Volume 5: The Age of Empire (1800-1920), edited by Denise Amy Baxter; Volume 6: The Modern Age (1920-2000+), edited by Alexandra Palmer. Each volume discusses the same key themes in its chapters: 1. Textiles 2. Production and Distribution 3. The Body 4. Belief 5. Gender and Sexuality 6. Status 7. Ethnicity 8. Visual Representations 9. Literary Representations. This structure means readers can either have a broad overview of a period by reading a volume or follow a theme through history by reading the relevant chapter in each volume. Superbly illustrated, the full six volume set combines to present the most authoritative and comprehensive survey available on dress and fashion through history.
T1  - A cultural history of dress and fashion /
AU  - Vincent, Susan J.,
AU  - Harlow, Mary,
AU  - Heller, Sarah-Grace,
AU  - Currie, Elizabeth
AU  - McNeil, Peter,
AU  - Baxter, Denise Amy,
AU  - Palmer, Alexandra,
CN  - GT511
CN  - GT511
ID  - 889971
KW  - Fashion
KW  - Clothing and dress
KW  - Fashion
KW  - Clothing and dress
SN  - 9781472557490
SN  - 1472557492
SN  - 9780857856968
SN  - 0857856960
SN  - 9780857856876
SN  - 0857856871
SN  - 9780857857514
SN  - 0857857517
SN  - 9780857857613
SN  - 0857857614
SN  - 9780857856845
SN  - 0857856847
SN  - 9780857856029
SN  - 0857856022
TI  - A cultural history of dress and fashion /
ER  -