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Fashion : the definitive history of costume and style / At head of title: DK. At head of title on cover: DK Smithsonian. [Susan Brown, Smithsonian consultant] - 1st American ed. - 480 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 31 cm.

Statement of responsibility from foreword. Includes index.

Prehistory-600CE: the Ancient world -- 600-1449: Medieval romance and trade -- 1450-1624: Renaissance splendor -- 1625-1789: Baroque and Rococo -- 1790-1900: from revolution to frivolity -- 1901-1928: la belle epoque and the jazz age -- 1929-1946: from glamour to utility -- 1947-1963: optimism and youth -- 1964-1979: swinging sixties to glam rock -- 1980 onward: the designer decades.

"From simple to sophisticated, elegant to excessive, what we wear says who we are. "Fashion" is the ultimate visual guide to everything ever worn. From the extravagance of Ancient Egypt, through the legendary fashion houses of Chanel and Dior, to the latest cutting-edge labels, this gorgeous collection of costume and dress shows how fashion reflects people and places, and captures the times in which they lived"--Page 4 of cover.

ISBN: 9780756698355 0756698359

LCCN: 2012288517

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Fashion--History.
Clothing and dress--History.

LC Class. No.: GT511 / .F365 2012

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