Survey of Historic Costume

Not only are the influential fashion icons or designers of each period discussed, but also the political, social, and economical movements that affected the fashion. It provides a great understanding as to why people wore what they wore, as well as being transparent with how some conclusions about ancient civilizations came about. It was wonderful.

I love this book, I use it as my teaching source for my Fashion History class in our theatre and film department. I wish I had known about it in time to get the instructors version through school. It has a good vocabulary section for fashion terminology and my students appreciate the references from historical time periods that influenced contemporary fashion pieces. The context of fashion as human history works well to engage budding directors and designers in seeing clothing as the extension of characters within any particular time period. I wish I had access to more of the interactive materials.

The physical condition was great, but I didn't read it much

I used this for a class on history of fashion. It’s a very brief history, but it’s also packed with information starting from the very beginning of fashion. I think this is a hard topic to research so the information included is actually massive.

Amazing and informed. Originally I was only renting this for a class but by the time the course was done I couldn't justify sending it back. I only hope I'll find a similar work exploring eastern dress.

It is very good one for me! Good price, good book

Using the rental section of Amazon has sure saved me tons, I mean tons of money for my college child. I am widow and was worried about how I was going to buy those expensive books, then I learned about RENTING. This is a great

Very comprehensive and detailed. A ton of work went into this book. Excellent educational-university resource. Needs a bit more on accessories and more pictures of objects within museum or private collections for reference