History of Fashion

In Transcending Patterns: Silk Road Cultural and Artistic Interactions through Central Asian Textiles, Mariachiara Gasparini investigates the origi...

Men of Style explores the best-dressed men of recent centuries: from actors to statesmen, playboys to painters, the iconic and the more unexpected....

The clothing and ornament of Greek women signalled much about the status and the morality assigned to them. Yet this revealing aspect of women's hi...

In 17th and 18th century Europe, folding fans were important, socially-coded fashion accessories. In the course of the 18th century, painted and pr...

An exploration of the treasures of Japanese art at the Philadelphia Museum of Art reveals a wealth of fascinating works dating from prehistoric tim...

Whilst seemingly simple garments such as the tunic remained staples of the classical wardrobe, sources from the period reveal a rich variety of cha...

Dressing Up shows why clothes made history and history can be about clothes. It imagines the Renaissance afresh by considering people's appearances...

Surviving photographs of Jewish Viennese men during the fin-de-siècle and interwar periods both the renowned cultural luminaries and their many an...

The best new research on medieval clothing and textiles, drawing from a range of disciplines. This year's volume focuses largely on the British Is...

At the end of the Middle Ages, a group of hatmakers from the Low Countries migrated across the North Sea to London. These men brought with them new...

Joséphine Bonaparte, future consort of Napoléon; Térézia Tallien, the most beautiful woman in Europe; and Juliette Récamier, muse of intellectuals,...

A landmark study of how the famed Bloomsbury Group developed their distinct aesthetic  Fascinating and wide-ranging. . . . Will be enjoyed by both ...

Uncovers sources from the parish pauper to the gentlewoman to consider relationships with clothing across the social hierarchy in the long eighteen...

THE PERFECT GIFT FOR ANY OCCASIONThe incredible stories of 100 perfumes from a whole century of scents'Wonderful . . . Charming and illuminating. I...

Throughout the twentieth century, everyone from Marxists to economic individualists assumed that social and political activity was driven by the ra...

*** 'This powerful, speaking-truth-to-power book is an essential read for everybody who wants to stop feeling clueless and helpless about the impac...

Throughout the twentieth century, everyone from Marxists to economic individualists assumed that social and political activity was driven by the ra...

A stunning showcase of Azzedine Alaïas remarkable fashion collection, most published here for the first time. Azzedine Alaïa (19352017) was not on...

Whether it is a behind-the-scenes look at how these classic styles came to be or taking a front-seat look at how iconic women taught us how what it...

The elegance of the Little Black Dress. The simplicity of the Breton shirt. The luxury of the fragrance. These signatures exemplify the image of Ch...

'Don't be into trends. Don't make fashion own you, but you decide what you are, what you want to express by the way you dress...' - Gianni VersaceF...

The hidden fabric of a Victorian woman's life told through her unique scrapbook.In 1838, Anne Sykes was given a diary on her wedding day. Using it ...

Highly Commended, Society for Renaissance Studies Biennial Book Prize 2022 In sixteenth and seventeenth-century England, the female silhouette und...

The story of fashion is woven through with colour. Vividly illustrated and compellingly written, The Colour of Fashion uncovers the colourful histo...

The art form of fashion illustration goes back to the beginning of the 20th century and todays exponents are still benefiting from some of the styl...

Fashion is a subject that has long been marginalized in art history and in museums. And yet, one of the most well-known artists in the twentieth ce...

A complete illustrated guide of style tribes and fashion subculture from 1900s-2020s Stylepedia uncovers global styles, exploring their origins, d...

Originally knit as underwear, the sweater is a practical garment with homely beginnings and has evolved as a fashion statement. This book traces th...

Originally published in France between 1876 and 1888, Auguste Racinets Le Costume historique was in its day the most wide-ranging and incisive stud...

Miss Dior is a wartime story of freedom and fascism, beauty and betrayal and 'a gripping story' (Antonia Fraser).*The New Look, a new Apple TV dra...

How did women begin wearing pants? Prior to the 1920s it was a rarity to see women in pants in the Western world, but as the silk pajama trouser su...

How did women begin wearing pants? Prior to the 1920s it was a rarity to see women in pants in the Western world, but as the silk pajama trouser su...

Silk is not just a simple fiber - it represents something meaningful, universal, perennial. This book tells the story of how the silk textile conqu...

Contemporary fashion in the Netherlands shows a unique mix of playful individualism, conceptual strength, and organisational innovation. Delft Blue...