The complete costume dictionary

by Lewandowski, Elizabeth J.

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Title Statements

Full title :The complete costume dictionary / Elizabeth J. Lewandowski ; [illustrations by Dan Lewandowski].

Summary

"While there are costume and fashion dictionaries tied to specific countries or periods, none have been comprehensive. In The Complete Costume Dictionary, Elizabeth Lewandowski has collected from a variety of sources--including costume history texts, journal articles, historical publications, autobiographies, biographies, foreign language dictionaries, and contemporary publications--to create a resource that spans the globe, from the earliest record of fashion to the 21st century. Including more than 20,000 fashion and costume terms, this volume also features more than 300 illustrations. The first section of the book is an alphabetical listing of these words with their definitions, period, and country of origin. This volume also contains appendixes that list the terms by country of origin, period, and type of clothing. The book is not limited to the Western World and includes both archaic and current terms. Significantly greater in scope than anything currently available--online or in print--this one-of-a-kind publication is an invaluable resource for costume and fashion historians, textile preservationists, period re-enactors, and history and theatre scholars, as well as theatre professionals."--Publisher's description.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2011

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):The Scarecrow Press, Inc
Place of Publication:Lanham, Maryland
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2011

The Physical Object

Description:ix, 579 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : : illustrations (some color) ; : 29 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780810840041, 0810840049
oclc:ocn694238143
LC Classification:GT507
Dewey Decimal:391.003

Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Dictionary -- Appendix A. Garment types -- Appendix B. Garment by country -- Appendix C. Garment types by era.

Subjects

Clothing and dress Clothing and dress -- Dictionaries Costume Costume -- Dictionaries Dictionaries Dictionnaires Kleidung Ouvrages de référence Reference works