dress
Article Free Pass- Introduction
- The history of Middle Eastern and Western dress
- Ancient Egypt
- Mesopotamia
- The Aegean: Minoan and Mycenaean dress
- Ancient Greece
- Etruria
- Ancient Rome
- Ancient nonclassical Europe
- The pre-Columbian Americas
- The Middle East from the 6th century
- The Byzantine Empire
- Medieval Europe
- Europe, 1500–1800
- Colonial America
- The Ottoman Empire
- Europe and America: 19th and 20th centuries
- The history of Eastern dress
- The nature and purposes of dress
- Related
- Contributors & Bibliography
- Year in Review Links
General works
- Introduction
- The history of Middle Eastern and Western dress
- Ancient Egypt
- Mesopotamia
- The Aegean: Minoan and Mycenaean dress
- Ancient Greece
- Etruria
- Ancient Rome
- Ancient nonclassical Europe
- The pre-Columbian Americas
- The Middle East from the 6th century
- The Byzantine Empire
- Medieval Europe
- Europe, 1500–1800
- Colonial America
- The Ottoman Empire
- Europe and America: 19th and 20th centuries
- The history of Eastern dress
- The nature and purposes of dress
- Related
- Contributors & Bibliography
- Year in Review Links
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Ancient dress
Clothes of the early period of civilization are studied in Mary G. Houston, Ancient Egyptian, Mesopotamian & Persian Costume and Decoration, 2nd ed. (1954, reprinted 1972), and Ancient Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Costume & Decoration, 2nd ed. (1947, reprinted 1966); Lillian M. Wilson, The Clothing of the Ancient Romans (1938), and The Roman Toga (1924); Hans C. Broholm and Margrethe Hald, Costumes of the Bronze Age in Denmark, trans. from Danish (1940); and Erhard Klepper, Costume in Antiquity (1964; originally published in German, 1963).
Medieval dress
Readable and well-illustrated accounts of the developments in Western fashion include Stella Mary Newton, Fashion in the Age of the Black Prince: A Study of the Years 1340–1365 (1980); Mary G. Houston, Medieval Costume in England & France: The 13th, and 14th, and 15th Centuries (1939, reprinted 1965); and Joan Evans, Dress in Mediaeval France (1952).
Modern Europe
Histories of the fashion of various countries and stylistic trends include Valerie Steele, Paris Fashion: A Cultural History, 2nd ed., rev. and updated (1998); Ailene Ribeiro and Valerie Cummings, The Visual History of Costume (1989); Anne Buck, Dress in Eighteenth-Century England (1979), and Victorian Costume: And Costume Accessories, rev. 2nd ed. (1984); Norah Waugh, Corsets and Crinolines (1954, reissued 1987); Madge Garland, Fashion (1962); Diana De Marly, The History of Haute Couture, 1850–1950 (1980); Elizabeth Ewing, History of Twentieth Century Fashion, rev. ed. (1986); and Farid Chenoune, A History of Men’s Fashion (1993).
For insights into the work of fashion designers, see Caroline Rennolds Milbank, Couture (1985); Irving Penn and Diana Vreeland, Inventive Paris Clothes, 1909–1939: A Photographic Essay (1977). See also such biographies and autobiographies as Diana De Marly, Worth: Father of Haute Couture, 2nd ed. (1990); Palmer White, Poiret (1973); Christian Dior, Christian Dior and I (1957; originally published in French, 1956; also published as Dior: The Autobiography of Christian Dior); Mary Quant, Quant by Quant (1966, reissued 1974); Elsa Schiaparelli, Shocking Life (1954); and Jane Mulvagh, Vivienne Westwood (1998).
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Calvin Klein (American designer)
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Elie Nadelman (Polish-American sculptor)
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(Italian fashion designer)"/> Giorgio Armani (Italian fashion designer)
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Guy Laroche (French couturier)
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Laura Ashley (British designer)
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Luciano Benetton (Italian manufacturer)
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Marcel Boussac (French industrialist)
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Mariano Fortuny (Spanish-Italian multimedia artist [1871-1949])
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Mary Quant (British fashion designer)
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(French fashion designer)"/> Paul Poiret (French fashion designer)
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Pierre Balmain (French couturier)
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Topics
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(ancient Greek dress)"/>
(ancient Greek dress)"/> aegis (ancient Greek dress)
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ballet costume
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(clothing)"/>
(clothing)"/> bloomers (clothing)
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(clothing)"/>
(clothing)"/> buckle (clothing)
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(clothing accessory)"/>
(clothing accessory)"/> button (clothing accessory)
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(clothing)"/>
(clothing)"/> caftan (clothing)
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(clothing)"/>
(clothing)"/> corset (clothing)
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(headwear)"/>
(headwear)"/> crown (headwear)
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(clothing accessory)"/>
(clothing accessory)"/> fan (clothing accessory)
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(hand covering)"/>
(hand covering)"/> glove (hand covering)
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hat
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(clothing)"/>
(clothing)"/> himation (clothing)
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(clothing)"/>
(clothing)"/> hosiery (clothing)
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(clothing accessory)"/>
(clothing accessory)"/> inro (clothing accessory)
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(Scottish dress)"/>
(Scottish dress)"/> kilt (Scottish dress)
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(clothing)"/>
(clothing)"/> kimono (clothing)
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(clothing)"/>
(clothing)"/> loincloth (clothing)
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(face covering)"/>
(face covering)"/> mask (face covering)
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(clothing)"/>
(clothing)"/> muff (clothing)
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(clothing)"/>
(clothing)"/> negligee (clothing)
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(clothing accessory)"/>
(clothing accessory)"/> netsuke (clothing accessory)
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(clothing)"/>
(clothing)"/> pajamas (clothing)
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(clothing)"/>
(clothing)"/> pao (clothing)
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(clothing)"/>
(clothing)"/> peplos (clothing)
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(fastener)"/>
(fastener)"/> pin (fastener)
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(clothing)"/>
(clothing)"/> poncho (clothing)
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princess style (dress)
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(legging)"/>
(legging)"/> puttee (legging)
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religious dress
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(collar)"/>
(collar)"/> ruff (collar)
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(article of clothing)"/>
(article of clothing)"/> sari (article of clothing)
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(clothing)"/>
(clothing)"/> sarong (clothing)
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(garment)"/>
(garment)"/> shawl (garment)
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(clothing)"/>
(clothing)"/> shirt (clothing)
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(footwear)"/>
(footwear)"/> shoe (footwear)
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smock (clothing)
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(Japanese dress)"/>
(Japanese dress)"/> sokutai (Japanese dress)
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stomacher (garment)
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(clothing)"/>
(clothing)"/> suit (clothing)
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(garment)"/>
(garment)"/> surcoat (garment)
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sweater (clothing)
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(garment)"/>
(garment)"/> swimsuit (garment)
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(dress)"/>
(dress)"/> tippet (dress)
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(clothing)"/>
(clothing)"/> toga (clothing)
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(clothing)"/>
(clothing)"/> trousers (clothing)
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(clothing)"/>
(clothing)"/> tunic (clothing)
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(skirt)"/>
(skirt)"/> tutu (skirt)
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(device)"/>
(device)"/> umbrella (device)
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zipper
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American dress
Histories of American costume include Diana De Marly, Dress in North America: The New World, 1492–1800 (1990); Elisabeth Mcclellan, Historic Dress in America, 1607–1800 (1904), and Historic Dress in America, 1800–1870 (1910), reprinted together as Historic Dress in America, 1607–1870, 2 vol. (1990); Alice Earle, Two Centuries of Costume in America, 1620–1820, 2 vol. (1903, reprinted 1974); Estelle Ansley Worrell, Children’s Costume in America, 1607–1910 (1980); R. Turner Wilcox, Five Centuries of American Costume (1963, reissued 1988); and Caroline Rennolds Milbank, New York Fashion (1989, reissued 1996).
Asian dress
Asian clothing is explored and illustrated in Valerie Steele and John S. Major, China Chic: East Meets West (1999); Alan Priest, Costumes from the Forbidden City (1945, reissued 1974); Schuyler V.R. Cammann, China’s Dragon Robes (1952); A.C. Scott, Chinese Costume in Transition (1958); Seiroku Noma, Japanese Costume and Textile Arts (1974; originally published in Japanese, 1965); Helen Benton Minnich, Japanese Costume and the Makers of Its Elegant Tradition (1963); G.S. Ghurye, Indian Costume, 2nd ed. (1966); and S.N. Dar, Costumes of India and Pakistan: A Historical and Cultural Study (1969).
Nature and purpose of dress
Social and psychological aspects of dress and the place of fashion in human culture are the subject of many works representing various disciplines. See John C. Flügel, The Psychology of Clothes (1930, reissued 1976); Quentin Bell, On Human Finery, 2nd ed., rev. and enlarged (1976); Anne Hollander, Seeing Through Clothes (1978, reissued 1988); Elizabeth Wilson, Adorned in Dreams: Fashion and Modernity (1985); and Mary Ellen Roach-Higgins, Joanne B. Eicher, and Kim K.P. Johnson, Dress and Identity (1995).
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