Updated and redesigned with full-color illustrations, this authoritative text on costume history provides a complete chronology of Western dress that discusses the fashion of each era within its historical, cultural, and economic contexts.
Detailing how fashion goes hand-in-hand with history, 20th Century Dress in the United States examines over 100 years of American trends and innovation. High fashion or low, glitz or grunge, this fully illustrated book explains what we wear on our backs and why.