Encyclopedia of clothing and fashion [electronic resource] / Valerie Steele, editor in chief.

Contributor(s): Series: Gale virtual reference library | Scribner library of daily lifePublication details: Detroit, Mich. : Charles Scribner's Sons, c2005.Description: 1 online resource (3 v.) : illISBN:
  • 9780684314518 (electronic book)
  • 0684314517 (electronic book)
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Encyclopedia of clothing and fashion.LOC classification:
  • GT507 TT503
Online resources:
Contents:
v. 1. Academic dress to eyeglasses -- v. 2. Fads to nylon -- v. 3. Occult dress to Zoran, index.
Summary: A three-volume survey of clothing, costume and fashion, presented through 640 essays, arranged alphabetically. Coverage includes the origins of clothing and body adornment, the development of fabrics and technologies, and the social meanings of dress, as well as representative costumes from a wide range of historical eras. For students and researchers at the high-school level or higher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

v. 1. Academic dress to eyeglasses -- v. 2. Fads to nylon -- v. 3. Occult dress to Zoran, index.

A three-volume survey of clothing, costume and fashion, presented through 640 essays, arranged alphabetically. Coverage includes the origins of clothing and body adornment, the development of fabrics and technologies, and the social meanings of dress, as well as representative costumes from a wide range of historical eras. For students and researchers at the high-school level or higher.

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