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This is a beautifully illustrated and well-researched Pitkin Guide. Taking costume though the ages from 1500 to the present day, it shows how we can relate our own experience of fashion to that of our ancestors. Look out for more Pitkin Guides on the very best of British history, heritage and travel.



Table of Contents
Introduction, Tudor Magnificence and Elizabethan Imagery, Children's Dress, Excess, Revolution and Restoration, The Age of Elegance, Underwear up to 1800, Domesticity and the Industry of Fashion, In mourning, Flappers, Modern Women and Radical Fashion, Underwear up to 2000, Glossary.

Costume: From 1500 to Present Day

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    A Paperback / softback by Cally Blackman

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      Publisher: Batsford Ltd
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/05/2003
      ISBN13: 9781841651026, 978-1841651026
      ISBN10: 1841651028

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      This is a beautifully illustrated and well-researched Pitkin Guide. Taking costume though the ages from 1500 to the present day, it shows how we can relate our own experience of fashion to that of our ancestors. Look out for more Pitkin Guides on the very best of British history, heritage and travel.



      Table of Contents
      Introduction, Tudor Magnificence and Elizabethan Imagery, Children's Dress, Excess, Revolution and Restoration, The Age of Elegance, Underwear up to 1800, Domesticity and the Industry of Fashion, In mourning, Flappers, Modern Women and Radical Fashion, Underwear up to 2000, Glossary.

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