Fashion from Victoria to the New Millennium

by Hill, Daniel Delis

• ISBN13: 9780132275187
• ISBN10: 013227518X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-11-06
• Publisher: Pearson

Summary

The History of World Costume and Fashionpresents a comprehensive survey of dress from around the world including Asia, Africa, the Islamic Empire, and the Ancient Americas. This extensive study features descriptions and analysis of menrs"s, womenrs"s and childrenrs"s clothing, accessories, and cultural styles from prehistory into the twenty-first century. Lavishly illustrated, it features more than 1600 images-including over 100 in full color-and is a valuable resource for fashion designers, theater costumers, textile researchers, costume collectors and curators, and anyone interest in clothing and style customs of the world.Provides a global view of dress. Analyzes menrs"s womenrs"s and childrenrs"s clothing, accessories, and cultural styles. Features more than 1600 imagesincluding 100 images in full color. Examines dress within global cultures-and how gender, social status, ceremonies etc. impact apparel. Devotes a chapter to 100 top fashion designers.A valuable resource for fashion designers, theater costumers, textile researchers, costume collectors and curators, and anyone interest in clothing and style customs of the world.

Table of Contents

Prelude: The Empire and Romantic Eras: 1800-1850

The Victoria Age: 1850-1900

Edwardianism: 1900-1909

The End of Innocence and World War I: 1910-1919

The Jazz and Gin Age: 1920-1929

The Great Depression: 1930-1939

The Second World War and a New Look: 1940-1949

The Jet Age: 1950-1959

The Space Age: 1960-1969

The Me Decade: 1970-1979

A New Gilded Age: 1980-1989

From Cyberspace into the New Millennium: 1990 to Present

The Fashion Makers

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