Costume and fashion : a concise historyUpplaga 3

From the momentous invention of the needle some 40,000 years ago to the development of blue denim; from Neolithic weavers to the biggest names in the fashion industry today--here is a matchless guide to the landmarks of costume history, to the forms and materials used through the ages, as well as to the underlying motives of fashion and the ways in which clothes have been used to protect, to express identity, and to attract or to influence others. This edition of the classical study by the renowned authority in the field includes a new final chapter by Amy de la Haye, Assistant Curator of Textiles and Dress at the Victoria and Albert Museum, in which she chronicles the international trends and developments in fashion from 1940 to the 1990s. 340 illus., 60 in color.