A History of Fashion

by Laura Cowan

Take an illustrated journey through 5,000 years of fashion, from Stone-Age furs to flamboyant flounces, corsets and 1970s sequins. Each page features full page illustrations to pore over and information on how styles were developed as each new era defined fashion for itself. This is a book no fashion or history lover should be without.

Genres: Fashion, History

112 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 1982

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Reviews

[Belle]

Beautiful illustrations!

[Shazza]

Love the illustrations in this book

[sarah]

⭐3,5/5

[Carrie Ellis]

I love the illustrations and feel it has a good balance of text to illustrations. My only criticism is that it is focused on European and American fashion history. There is a good portion of the globe missing.