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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.'
12 sty 2023 · "Based on A Dictionary of English Costume 900-1900 by C. W. Cunnington, P. E. Cunnington and Charles Beard, now completely revised, updated and supplemented to the present day by Valerie Cumming." Includes bibliographical references.
A Dictionary of English Costume by C. Willett Cunnington, Phillis Cunnington and Charles Beard was originally published in 1960. A monumental achievement and encyclopaedic in scope, it was a comprehensive catalogue of fashion terms from the mid-medieval period up to 1900.
This revised and updated edition of what was once known as A Dictionary of English Costume 900–1900 builds on a successful formula which encompassed four reprints and minor revisions between 1960 and 1976.
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.
This paper delineates the conceptual variations between the notions 'fashion', 'dress' and 'costume' in English-language texts on women's garment histories using relevant examples from interwar Romanian periodicals.
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.
