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3 wrz 2021 · Clear, concise and meticulous in detail, this essential reference answers countless questions relating to the history of dress and ador generations to come. 'A welcome needed update of an early landmark dictionary on dress: a must have for all who care about the A to Z of fashion.'
The Fashion History Timeline is a project by FIT’s History of Art Department. The Timeline offers scholarly contributions to the public knowledge of the history of fashion and design.
"physical make-up or composition; form, shape; appearance," from Old French façon,… See origin and meaning of fashion.
The earliest known use of the verb fashion is in the Middle English period (1150—1500). OED's earliest evidence for fashion is from around 1480, in St. Christina. It is also recorded as a noun from the Middle English period (1150—1500).
The history of fashion, apparently a history on the small-scale, is, in fact, closely connected to the social, political, and religious history of every period and every country.
Fashion includes clothing, footwear, lifestyle, accessories, makeup, hairstyle, and body posture. [3] The history of modern fashion design is generally understood to date from 1858 when the English-born Charles Frederick Worth opened the first authentic haute couture house in Paris.
A hub for fashion research with hundreds of essays on specific artworks, garments and films, the Fashion History Timeline equips students and researchers with essential facts, vocabulary, models of analysis, and links to digitized primary & secondary sources.
