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The Dictionary of Fashion History de Valerie Cumming

The Dictionary of Fashion History

Autor Valerie Cumming, C. W. Cunnington, P. E. Cunnington
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 19 mai 2021
- What is an Apollo knot?- Who wore a Welch wig?- When were Zouave jackets the height of fashion?This new edition of The Dictionary of Fashion History further updates the landmark work of C. Willett Cunnington, Phillis Cunnington and Charles Beard. Featuring over 60 new and revised entries on diverse topics such as the Onesie, Brothel Creepers and the Birkin Bag, this edition is even more comprehensive and brings this costume historian's bible fully up to date. With many more images to accompany the text and illustrate key fashions - including cartoons, prints and lavish color photographs of surviving garments - this version of the dictionary brings dazzling and unusual garments to life for researchers, students, costume designers and everyone interested in the subject. Clear, concise, and meticulous in detail, this essential reference work answers countless questions relating to the history of dress and adornment and will continue to be the definitive guide for many years to come.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781350216686
ISBN-10: 1350216682
Pagini: 384
Ilustrații: 191 colour illus
Dimensiuni: 189 x 246 mm
Greutate: 1.04 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Caracteristici

For fashionistas: a complete revision and update of the bible for fashion historians (A Dictionary of English Costume, Cunnington & Cunnington, 1960), now with 200 colour images

Notă biografică

Valerie Cumming is currently Editor of Costume: The Journal of the Costume Society. She is a former Chairman of The Costume Society (2004-2009) and has worked with museums for many years as a curator, administrator and trustee.

Cuprins

IntroductionAcknowledgementsImage CreditsList of Illustrations AcknowledgmentsDICTIONARY BibliographyList of Sources

Recenzii

Nearly forty years on [...] the volume reappears as The Dictionary of Fashion History, skilfully enlarged and re-edited by Valerie Cumming. Given fresh life and thorough coverage from 1900 through the present day, the new dictionary is once again ready to prove itself a trustworthy guide and companion to all those interested in the absorbing study of clothing.
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.
Concise yet detailed, academic, and fabulous, it is truly a dictionary. The Dictionary of Fashion History is an essential purchase for any library serving patrons with an interest in fashion, clothing, art, history, theater, anthropology, or nearly any area of the social sciences.
This new edition brings The Dictionary of Fashion History completely up date, immersing it within today's material culture approaches to fashion history. Above all, this edition is gloriously enhanced by Valerie Cumming's admirable choice of color images of precious surviving garments and accessories.
Comprehensive in range, well-illustrated in color, with helpful glossaries and a useful list of sources, this handy compendium is essential for the specialist and of interest to the general reader. An impressive achievement.

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First published in 1960, A Dictionary of English Costume was monumental in scope, providing a comprehensive catalogue of fashion terms from 900 to 1900. The Dictionary of Fashion History completely updates this landmark work to bring it up to the present day.