Fashion in Costume 1200-1980

by Joan Nunn

Book Overview

Throughout history, clothes have been worn not only for warmth and protection but also, with constant variety and innovation, to convey status, wealth, occupation, personality, and social and moral values. Joan Nunn's detailed survey of costume in the Western world over the past eight centuries not only gives the reader a vivid visual impression of the clothes themselves but also outlines the historical and social background and the changes in manufacturing...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0941533794
• ISBN13: 9780941533799
• Release Date: May 1998
• Publisher: New Amsterdam Books
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.0" x 10.1"