clothing and dress

Celebrates diversity as it introduces different kinds of clothing from around the world.

Contains color and black-and-white photographs and illustrations demonstrating the clothing styles sported by men and women in the 1920s.

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.

Documents fashion trends of the mid-1940s, featuring photographs and descriptions from the Sears catalog of thousands of items of clothing, shoes, and accessories for women, men, teens, and children.

Presents a collection of color photographs of pattern envelopes featuring the most popular styles of the 1940s including workclothes, sportswear, lingerie, evening dresses, as well as toys, needlework, and gifts.

"Describes the fashion trends of the 1960s and 1970s, including step-by-step instructions on how to get the looks today"--.

Answers questions relating to clothing terminology, sewing techniques, and materials from both historical and contemporary viewpoints, covering styles and components of dress, design, tailoring and stitching, textiles, and trim.

Describes life in the early days of Ancient Greece.

Readers will find accessible, step-by-step instructions as they make amazing costumes, including a pirate, a fairy, an alien, and a superhero.