Yarwood, Doreen

An encyclopedia of world costume with illustrations and text covering the history of civil dress and textiles from most parts of the world.

Surveys fashion trends from the Renaissance to the twentieth century.

An illustrated history of costume and dress from around the world, covering topics from the headgear of the ancient Greeks to twenty-first-century footwear with more than 650 alphabetically-arranged entries, and providing information on designs, materials, accessories, and manufacturing techniques.

Covers aspects of dress from ancient times to the present, with information on national and regional costumes; developments in hairstyles, jewelry, and headdress; and the influence of trading patterns or political change on the development of costume.