A Dictionary of Costume and Fashion: Historic and Modern (Dover Fashion and Costumes)

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While most of us would have little difficulty in recognizing a buckle, hem, or seam, we may well be considerably more challenged if asked to identify a godet, a trilby, or a vamp. With this handy book at your fingertips, alternatively, you’ll be able to quickly find the definition of over 10,000 words associated with wearing apparel and fashion.
From bateau necklines, bobs, and bustles to plackets, havelocks, and bavolets, terms are assembled alphabetically or in groups consistent with dress parts, fabrics, elements of design, and other style categories. As well as, over 950 clearly detailed illustrations depict stitches, weaves, laces, garments, collars, shoes, jewelry, hair styles, and other sartorial features.
This is the easiest reference for increasing fashion vocabularies, injecting a stimulating term or phrase in conversations about wearing apparel, or making articles written about clothing more understandable. Fashion writers, costume designers, manufacturers, buyers, sales people — any person interested within the history of fashion — will welcome this thorough and comprehensive guidebook. “Unique in its field and containing material not easily accessible in different places, it without a doubt has a place within the general reference library for quick identification purposes and for any person concerned with the fashion field.” — Booklist

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