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Fashion : the definitive history of costume and style
- Title
- Fashion : the definitive history of costume and style / [produced in association with the Smithsonian ; Smithsonain consultant, Susan Brown].
- Publication
- New York, N.Y. : DK Publishing, c2012.
- Supplementary Content
- Publisher description
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- Description
- 480 p. : ill. (chiefly col.); 31 cm.
- Summary
- "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.
- Alternative Title
- DK fashion
- DK Smithsonian fashion
- Subjects
- Note
- Statements of responsibility from back dust jacket flap.
- Includes index.
- Contents
- Prehistory-600CE: the Ancient world -- 600-1449: Medieval romance and trade -- 1450-1624: Renaissance splendor -- 1625-1789: Baroque and Rococo -- 1790-1900: from revolution to frivolity -- 1901-1928: la belle epoque and the jazz age -- 1929-1946: from glamour to utility -- 1947-1963: optimism and youth -- 1964-1979: swinging sixties to glam rock -- 1980 onward: the designer decades.
- Call Number
- GT511
- ISBN
- 9780756698355
- 0756698359
- LCCN
- 2012288517
- OCLC
- 777654556
- Title
- Fashion : the definitive history of costume and style / [produced in association with the Smithsonian ; Smithsonain consultant, Susan Brown].
- Imprint
- New York, N.Y. : DK Publishing, c2012.
- Edition
- 1st American ed.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Brown, Susan, 1965-DK Publishing, Inc.Smithsonian Institution.
- Research Call Number
- *R-ART GT511 .F365 2012