Here is the revised, expanded and updated edition of this unrivaled collection of drawings ranging over ten centuries of English historical costume. More than a thousand illustrations, based on surviving garments and contemporary paintings and photographs, demonstrate the astonishing changes in men's and women's clothing over the centuries. The evolution of particular garments can easily be traced, from their origins through their fashionable epochs, to their inevitable demise and resurgence. Designed for quick reference, the book is divided into the reigns of the British monarchs, and the costumes have been chosen to reflect analogous developments in the United States and Europe.
- ISBN10 0500277915
- ISBN13 9780500277911
- Publish Date August 1994
- Publish Status Out of Stock
- Out of Print 12 November 2014
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Thames & Hudson Ltd
- Edition 2nd Revised edition
- Format Paperback
- Pages 136
- Language English