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  • Elizabethan England

    Kathy Elgin, Professor Alex Woolf

    Hardcover (Facts on File, July 1, 2005)
    An eight-volume set examining the development of costume and fashion and the social history that gave rise to it. It depicts the changing styles, processes, and trends - from the first people to wear clothes in the last Ice Age to the courtly fashion of medieval Europe to the globalization of Western style - that led us to the clothing of today.

  • The Ancient World

    Jane Bingham

    Hardcover (Facts on File, July 1, 2005)
    An eight-volume set examining the development of costume and fashion and the social history that gave rise to it. It depicts the changing styles, processes, and trends - from the first people to wear clothes in the last Ice Age to the courtly fashion of medieval Europe to the globalization of Western style - that led us to the clothing of today.

  • High Fashion in Stuart Times

    Andrew Brownfoot

    Paperback (Tarquin, Aug. 1, 1996)
    This book includes four pull-up scenes to cut out and make and which show some costumes in three dimensions. The Masque at Bolsover, Black Monday at the Court of Appeal, Whitehall and St James’s; and A Sitting at Henpen’s Studio provide pull up scenes to give an extra dimension to the historical and theatrical background that is abundant in the book. It also includes a carefully researched glossary of useful terms.
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  • The Medieval World

    Philip Steele, Professor Alex Woolf

    Hardcover (Facts on File, July 1, 2005)
    An eight-volume set examining the development of costume and fashion and the social history that gave rise to it. It depicts the changing styles, processes, and trends - from the first people to wear clothes in the last Ice Age to the courtly fashion of medieval Europe to the globalization of Western style - that led us to the clothing of today.

  • The Victorian Age

    Peter Chrisp

    Hardcover (Facts on File, July 1, 2005)
    An eight-volume set examining the development of costume and fashion and the social history that gave rise to it. It depicts the changing styles, processes, and trends - from the first people to wear clothes in the last Ice Age to the courtly fashion of medieval Europe to the globalization of Western style - that led us to the clothing of today.

  • The Nineteenth Century

    Philip Steele

    Hardcover (Facts on File, July 1, 2005)
    An eight-volume set examining the development of costume and fashion and the social history that gave rise to it. It depicts the changing styles, processes, and trends - from the first people to wear clothes in the last Ice Age to the courtly fashion of medieval Europe to the globalization of Western style - that led us to the clothing of today.

  • Early Amer

    Paige Weber

    Hardcover (Facts on File, July 1, 2005)
    An eight-volume set examining the development of costume and fashion and the social history that gave rise to it. It depicts the changing styles, processes, and trends - from the first people to wear clothes in the last Ice Age to the courtly fashion of medieval Europe to the globalization of Western style - that led us to the clothing of today.

  • The Twentieth Century

    Clare Hibbert, Adam Hibbert, Professor Alex Woolf

    Hardcover (Facts on File, July 1, 2005)
    An eight-volume set examining the development of costume and fashion and the social history that gave rise to it. It depicts the changing styles, processes, and trends - from the first people to wear clothes in the last Ice Age to the courtly fashion of medieval Europe to the globalization of Western style - that led us to the clothing of today.

  • A Fashionable History of Makeup & Body Decoration

    Helen Reynolds

    Library Binding (Heinemann/Raintree, April 1, 2003)
    A brief history of make-up and other forms of body decoration, from false eyebrows made of mouse skins to fake tans.
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  • Elizabethan Costumes Paper Dolls

    Tom Tierney

    Paperback (Dover Publications, Oct. 7, 1996)
    Dazzling collection, spotlighting the stylish clothing worn at court in the late 16th century, includes 2 dolls and 16 lovely costumes, among them fur-trimmed cloaks, velvet gowns and embroidered skirts for the lady and a modified suit of armor, elaborately decorated trunks and tops for the man. Descriptive notes.
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  • Ancient Greek Costumes Paper Dolls

    Tom Tierney

    Paperback (Dover Publications, Dec. 23, 1998)
    The grandeur of an ancient culture comes magnificently to life in this scrupulously researched book. Paper doll fans can dress 2 figures (male and female) in 16 elaborately embroidered and artfully draped costumes from major historical periods: Archaic (c. 750–500 BC), Classical (c. 500–232 BC), and Hellenistic (323–30 BC).

  • A History of Fashion And Costume Set

    Bailey Publishing

    Hardcover (Facts on File, Sept. 1, 2005)
    Book by Bailey Publishing