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Title: Fashion in Costume 1200-2000 by Joan Nunn ISBN: 1-56663-279-X Publisher: New Amsterdam Books Pub. Date: 15 April, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (3 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Fashion in Costume 1200-2000
Comment: Throughout history, clothes have been worn not only for warmth but also, with constant variety and innovation, to convey status, wealth, occupation, personality and social and more values. Joan Nunn's detailed survey of costume in the western world over the past eight centuries not only gives the reader a vivid visual impression of the clothes themselves, but also out lines the historical and social background and the changes in manufacturing techniques the way costume has developed and the manner in which it has been worn. Each of the nine chapters covers a certain period, with an introductory section followed by descriptions of the underwear, outer garments, hats, footwear, hairstyles, accessories, jewelry, fabrics and colours worn by men, women and children. There are over 800 line drawings, specially made by the author from contemporary sources (carvings, paintings, portraits, fashion plates and photographs). This is an invaluable, copiously illustrated reference book for students of costume, social history and the visual arts and for those concerned with designing costumes for the theatre. It is also a fascinating book for general reader interested in fashion and the art of dress.
Rating: 5
Summary: A valuable and much needed updating of a classic reference.
Comment: Fashion in Costume 1200-2000 is an old classic catalog of western costume updated to 2000 in this paperback second edition. This detailed fashion survey contains a wealth of information valuable to costume researchers and designers and illustrators, and theatre workers and fashion historians. Over 800 line drawings illustrate the nine chapters which each cover a historical period. Incredible detailed information about underwear, accessories, jewelry, shoes, and hairstyles is included. An example of the 1980's-90's fashion era is a series of sketches of Diana, Princess of Wales in several outfits (p. 249). As in the previous edition, all is meticulously researched and presented. This reviewer has made good use of the previous edition in a second career as community theatre costume designer. I look forward to using this valuable and much needed updating of a classic costume reference.
Nancy Lorraine Reviewer
Rating: 5
Summary: Everything in one book!
Comment: This book covers the largest time period in fashion history available today. Although the author limited herself to one book, the amount of information that is packed into this book is absolutely wonderful for anyone interested in costuming. Not only is politcal history covered, trival facts and those who influenced fashion are described in concise detail. Most helpful are the sketches on nearly every other page, which show details of full outfits and variations of certain garments. Diagrams of how to tie men's ties and special period collars are extremely useful. Men, women, children, underwear, shoes, accessories - this book covers it all.
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Title: What People Wore: 1,800 Illustrations from Ancient Times to the Early Twentieth Century by Douglas Gorsline ISBN: 0486281620 Publisher: Dover Publications Pub. Date: 01 August, 1994 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: A Dictionary of Costume and Fashion: Historic and Modern : With over 950 Illustrations by Mary Brooks Picken ISBN: 0486402940 Publisher: Dover Publications Pub. Date: 01 January, 1999 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: The Complete History of Costume & Fashion: From Ancient Egypt to the Present Day by Bronwyn Cosgrave ISBN: 0816045747 Publisher: Facts on File Pub. Date: 01 March, 2001 List Price(USD): $37.95 |
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Title: Historical Encyclopedia of Costumes by A. Racinet, Auguste Racinet ISBN: 0816019762 Publisher: Facts on File Pub. Date: 01 October, 1988 List Price(USD): $45.00 |
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Title: 20000 Years of Fashion by Francois Leon Louis Boucher, Yvonne Deslandres ISBN: 0810916932 Publisher: Harry N Abrams Pub. Date: 01 September, 1987 List Price(USD): $50.00 |
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