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Author: Valerie Cumming

📘 The dictionary of fashion history by Valerie Cumming

The new edition of The Dictionary of Fashion History expands upon the landmark work of C. Willett Cunnington, Phillis Cunnington and Charles Beard. It includes over 60 new and revised entries on topics such as the onesie, brothel creepers and the Birkin bag, and offers many more images—cartoons, prints, and lavish color photographs of surviving garments—to illustrate key fashions. The concise, meticulous entries provide clear answers to questions about the history of dress and adornment, making it an essential reference for researchers, students, costume designers and anyone interested in fashion history.

First publish date: 2010

Genre: History/Modern History

Authors: Valerie Cumming

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