A Cultural History of Dress and Fashion

A Cultural History of Dress and Fashion presents an authoritative survey from ancient times to the present. This set of six volumes covers over 2,500 years of dress and fashion.Volume 1: Antiquity (500BCE-800AD), edited by Mary HarlowVolume 2: The Medieval Age (800-1450), edited by Sarah-Grace HellerVolume 3: The Renaissance (1450-1650), edited by Elizabeth CurrieVolume 4: The Age of Enlightenment (1650-1800), edited by Peter McNeilVolume 5: The Age of Empire (1800-1920), edited by Denise Amy BaxterVolume 6: The Modern Age (1920-2000+), edited by Alexandra PalmerEach volume discusses the same key themes in its chapters:1. Textiles2. Production and Distribution3. The Body4. Belief5. Gender and Sexuality6. Status7. Ethnicity8. Visual Representations9. Literary RepresentationsThis structure means readers can either have a broad overview of a period by reading a volume or follow a theme through history by reading the relevant chapter in each volume.Superbly illustrated, the full six-volume set combines to present the most authoritative and comprehensive survey available on dress and fashion through history.