| The Ancient World Contributor(s): Bingham, Jane (Author) |
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ISBN: 0816059446 ISBN-13: 9780816059447 Publisher: Facts on File OUR PRICE: $34.65 Product Type: Hardcover Published: July 2005 Annotation: - Hair and make-up worn in ancient Egypt - Dressing for war - The symbolic use of fashion accessories - Beaver hats and whalebone corsets - New York Society - Spanish and Portuguese colonial costume - Costumes for seafaring and traveling - Undergarments both in the United States and abroad - France and the Napoleonic style - The royal courts of Spain and Portugal - High performance materials and current styles - and much more. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | Art - History - Juvenile Nonfiction | History - Ancient |
| Dewey: 391.009 |
| LCCN: 2004060881 |
| Series: History of Fashion and Costume |
| Physical Information: 0.39" H x 8.72" W x 10.86" (1.05 lbs) 64 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: An eight-volume set examining the development of costume and fashion and the social history that gave rise to it. It depicts the changing styles, processes, and trends - from the first people to wear clothes in the last Ice Age to the courtly fashion of medieval Europe to the globalization of Western style - that led us to the clothing of today. |