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Encyclopedia of clothing and fashion / Valerie Steele, editor in chief.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextSeries: Gale eBooksPublisher: Detroit, Mich. : Charles Scribner's Sons, 2005Description: 1 online resource (3 volumes) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780684314518
  • 0684314517
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 391.003 746.9203 23
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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