The Costume Collector's Companion, 1890-1990

by Rosemary Hawthorne

Covering European costume from 1890 onwards, this book is arranged by decade, and provides detailed desc riptions and illustrations of costumes, shoes, handbags, hat s and items of underwear that are... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1854105523
• ISBN13: 9781854105523
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Aurum Press
• Length: 191 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.0" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

An entertaining read

I am a vintage clothing nut, and I was looking forward to reading this book. I was not disappointed! Ms Hawthorne has a light, entertaining style of writing, and has injected a good deal of humor into a subject that normally is a bit wanting in this regard. There is a decidely British slant to this book, not surprising as the author is from England, but I feel anyone interested in vintage clothing will learn something from this book. My only complaint is that there should have been more pictures and illustrations.