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Thomas Hope
Costumes of the Ancient Greeks and Romans
Dover
Paper
A reprint of a marvelous book from 1812. The text is not always accurate, but the clear and accurate line drawings carefully copied by the author from ancient vases and statuary are extremely helpful and illuminating.
Judith Lynn Sebesta & Larissa Bonfante, Ed.
The World of Roman
Costume
University of Wisconsin Press
Paper
If you are serious about Roman clothing then you should have this book.
It is a collection of Academic essays on various aspects of Roman dress
supported by line drawings and photographs. There is a section in the
back illustrating
the 1988
NEH
summer seminar
showing the various (and quite academic) attendees wearing reconstructed
Roman clothing. A great book on the subject!
Daniel Peterson
The Roman Legions Recreated in Colour Photographs
The Crowood Press
Paper
Another volume from the marvelous series from Europa-Militaria showing
military recreationists at work and play, this is a nifty and inspiring
book for
those interested
in
the
Roman
Legions. Lots of colour photos and to-the-point text featuring some of
the best of the European Recreationists in their finest garb.
The Museum of London
Shoes and Pattens
Textiles and Clothing
Dress Accessories
Medieval Finds from Excavations in London
The Museum of London Press
Paper
This series of books is invaluable and unique. Well researched and illustrated
with clear line drawings and photos this is another "must have". These books
are expensive but worth it, they have in-depth info you can't find elsewhere.
Available
through Amazon UK.
Mary G. Houston
Medieval Costume in England and France of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Centuries
Dover
Paper
Another in Dover's reprint series, this one is from 1939. It contains
350 black-and-white illustrations and 8 color illustrations on the
inside covers. The text is clear and succinct. This book is an excellent
starting place for those interested in medieval costuming
Stella Mary Newton
Fashion in the Age of the Black Prince
Boydell & Brewer
Paper
In depth information for clothing and fashion for 1340-1363, the age of
Richard II, the Black Prince. The emphasis is on noble and upper class
clothing with interesting and valuable information about mottos and devices
worn during tournaments.
Françoise Piponnier & Perrine Mane
Dress in the Middle Ages
Yale University Press
Cloth
A bargain at twice the price! This book is well researched and very readable.
Mostly text, it is illustrated with black and white reproductions from period
artworks. The authors are French (this was originally published in 1995 as Se
vêthr au Moyen Âge) and the
book focuses on Western European fashion and culture.
Diana de Marly Diana de Marly Linda Baumgarten
Jane Ashelford Norah Waugh Norah Waugh Madeleine Delpierre
Farid Chenoune Aileen Ribeiro Aileen Ribeiro
Aileen Ribeiro
Stella Blum, Ed.
Meridith Wright
Penelope Byrde
Stella Blum, Ed.
Judy M.Johnson
Stella Blum
JoAnne Olian, Ed.
JoAnne Olian, Ed.
Philip Katcher
Hagan & Hagan
Carol Belanger Grafton, Ed.
Priscilla Harris Dalyrmple
Marie Simon
Stella Blum
Hazel Ulseth and Helen Shannon
Hazel Ulseth and Helen Shannon
Stella Blum, Ed. Kristina Harris
Butterick Publishing Co.
Authentic Everyday Dress of the Renaissance
Dover
Paper
This classic work is among the earliest of the great costume books of the 16th century. Here, reproduced by Dover, it is a fascinating and useful look at mid-16th century European clothing. 154 black-and-white plates are reproduced 2 to a page.
Dress
in North America : The New World 1492-1800 Vol 1.
Holmes & Meier
Cloth
This is one of the few books I've seen on European dress in America during these times. Its focus is on New England and New France. The Spanish Conquerors and settlers are not included. This is a fine reference work on the period. 76 black & white illustrations and 8 colour plates.
Dress
in North America : The Emerging Continent, 1800-1900 (Vol 2)
Holmes & Meier
Cloth
Second in de Marly's series on North American clothing this book is due out in August 2003.
What Clothes Reveal: The Language of Clothing in Colonial and Federal
America
Yale University Press
Cloth
A curator at Colonial Williamsburg, Baumgarten uses the museum's collection
to illustrate a variety of interesting social history facts as illustrated
by the clothing of the times.
The Art of Dress Clothes and Society 1500-1914
Abrams
Cloth
Originally published by the National Trust, this marvelous book is stuffed full of information and pictures. The focus of this book is the social aspect of dress, how styles were conveyed, how and where materials and clothing where purchased, and what people wore at all levels of society and at all ages, from swaddling bands to widow's weeds. There are 270 illustrations with 200 plates in full colour.
The Cut of Women's Clothes 1600-1930
Routledge
Cloth
A classic in costuming. This marvelous book presents text, line drawings,
and best of all, scale patterns for women's clothing from 1600-1930. If
you are a seamstress and adventurous, these clothes are make-able (although
you should make up a muslin first).
The Cut of Men's Clothes 1600-1900
Routledge
Cloth
The companion volume to The Cut of Women's Clothes 1600-1930, this book is slightly less detailed than the one on women's clothes, but it is still a classic in the field. It reproduces many scaled drawings of original patterns. Essential for a reproductionist.
Dress in France in the Eighteenth Century
Yale University Press
Cloth
Originally published in France in 1996 as Se vêtir au XVIII siècle,
this easily read and well researched book provides a valuable tool for students
of 18th century fashion. For many people in the 18th century, France was Fashion,
and the author, using resources that most of us lack, has been able to write
an informative and interesting book on the subject (Madeleine Delpierre was a
curator at the Musé e de la Mode
et du Costume in Paris). This is the most readable
book on the subject I've seen.
History of Men's Fashion
Abbeville
Cloth
From 1760 to 1990, this lavishly illustrated book follows men's fashion.
Published originally in France, this book has a tendency to focus on French
men's fashion, but it's a great resource for the costumer or historian.
Available through Amazon UK.
Dress
in Eighteenth-century Europe: 1715-1789
Yale University Press
Cloth
Scholarly and illustrated, a good source for those who prize accuracy.
Ribeiro tends to focus on middle and upper class clothing. Available through
Amazon UK.
The
Art of Dress Fashion in England and France 1750-1820
Yale University Press
Cloth
This handsome book examines English and French fashion from 1750 to 1820
by studying the art of the period, and it shows how changes in dress reflected
social, political, and cultural developments in the two countries. Profusely
illustrated, this book is an excellent and scholarly book on fashion between
1750 and 1820.
Fashion
in the French Revolution
Holmes & Meier
Cloth
For the purposes of this book the French revolution spans the years 1789-1799.
From aristos to the sans-culottes the various players are identified and
described. This is a good reference work for French fashion during this
period. 90 black & white illustrations and 8 colour photographs.
Out of stock
Eighteenth-Century French Fashion Plates
Dover
Paper
Comprising 64 full colour fashion plates from the Galerie des Modes 1778-1787,
this book is one of the few visual resources for this period.
Everyday Dress of Rural America 1783-1800
Dover
Paper
Originally published under the title Put On Thy Beautiful Garments:Rural
New England Clothing this book is a classic. Well researched, with
informative text and clear easy to understand illustrations of garment
construction, this book is a must for frontier re-enactors.
Nineteenth Century Fashion
B.T.Batsford
Cloth
A great big hardcover on 19th century fashion in England. It has lots of
pictures. The text is not terrifically detailed, but it is accurate. This
book provides a valuable overview of the century. It contains 130 black & white
illustrations and 8 colour plates.
Available through Amazon UK.
Ackermann's Costume Plates Womens Fashions in England 1818-1828
Dover
Paper
Jane Austen, Lord Byron, "Prinny". The Regency featured some
of the prettiest and most graceful fashions for women seen in decades.
The 88 plates in this book were taken from Rudolph Ackermann's Repository
of Arts, Literature, Commerce, Manufactures, Fashions, and Politics a
ladies magazine of the period. Mostly in black & white, it has an 8
page insert showing 16 of the costumes in colour.
French Fashion Plates of the Romantic Era
Dover
Paper
The intensely decorative dresses of the Romantic era are shown with great
detail in these full colour illustrations taken from the Petit Courrier
des Dames between 1830-34.
Fashions & Costumes
from Godey's Lady's Book
Dover
Paper
Over 400 striking designs, including 42 figures in full colour, were chosen
for this volume from a selection of rare issues (1837-1869) of Godey's
Lady's Book. Women's clothing and accessories, and a few children's
clothes are shown.
Children's Fashions 1860-1912
Dover
Paper
One of the most popular French fashion periodicals during the second half
of the 19th century, La Mode Illustree was a "family magazine" that
devoted considerable space to children. Olian has selected 632 finely detailed
illustrations from the weekly. Depicted are hundreds of youngsters in fashionable
outfits.
Wedding Fashions 1862-1912
Dover
Paper
Once again JoAnne Olian has selected hundreds of illustrations from La
Mode Illustree. This time depicting brides, bride's maids, mothers
of the brides, and just about everyone else in the wedding party except
men.
Civil War Uniforms a Photo Guide
Sterling Pub.
Paper
Exhaustively illustrated, this book is aimed at the re-enactor. Lots of
hardcore, practical information and lists are included. There are line
drawings and black & white photographs.
Out of print.
Civil War Re-enactment
Schiffer Pub.
Paper
Great colour photos taken at the 130th Anniversary battle at Sailor's Creek
Battlefield Historical State Park and at the 130th Anniversary of the Battles
of Lewis' Farm and White Oak Road of the Petersburg Campaign, Neshaminy
State Park, Bensalem, Pennsylvania. There is information included for those
who wish to become involved in Civil War re-enactment.
Victorian Women's Fashion Cuts
Dover
Paper
Taken from rare issues of Harper's Bazar, dating from 1869 to 1896,
the 277 black-and-white illustrations are clearly reproduced. This book
is intended as a graphic resource and contains no text. But the pictures
are very useful to the student of Victorian costume.
American Victorian Costume in Early Photographs
Dover
Paper
A picture is worth a thousand words, and the 280 photographs in this book
are definitely worth the price. With short essays introducing each decade,
this book stretches from 1840s to 1890s. The photos are of middle class
Americans.
Fashion
in Art the 2nd Empire & Impressionism
Zwemmer
Cloth
This lively & beautifully illustrated book explores the complex dialogue
between painting and la mode during the second half of the nineteenth
cent urey in France. The dialogue between fashion and art is illustrated
here by some 120 paintings -- works by Ingres, Tissot, Renoir, Manet, Monet,
Seurat, and Degas among them -- and a clutch of hitherto unpublished photographs
from the recently discovered archive of Disderi.
Victorian
Fashions & Costumes from Harpers Bazar 1867-1898
Dover
Paper
Over 1000 illustrations from Harper's Bazar showing a variety of
costumes and accessories. Sporting, bridal, walking, evening, indeed, every
style of clothing one can imagine. A selection of children's attire is
also included.
Victorian Fashions Vol.I 1880-1890
Hobby House
Paper
Written as a resource for doll costumers, this volume is also useful to
human costumers. Included are details on fabrics, colours, style lines,
and construction. A pull-out pattern of a girl's dress (1890) sized for
a 23" doll is included.
Victorian Fashions Vol.II 1890-1895
Hobby House
Paper
Again written for doll costumers. Illustrations of dresses from pattern
books abound. A pull-out pattern of a girl's "Russian-blouse dress" sized
for a 16" and 28" doll is included.
Hazel Ulseth and Helen Shannon
Antique Children's Fashions: 1880-1900
Hobby House
Paper
More doll clothing - this time Victorian Children. As in all the Ulseth/Shannon
books the information presented
can be used for real people clothing as well.
Paris Fashions of the 1890s
Dover
Paper
This volume presents an 1890s fashion show of beautiful plates selected
by Stella Blum from rare original issues of The Young Ladies Journal,
an English periodical which prominently featured French dress plates, printed
in France, of haute-couture fashions worn by ladies and children of the
time. 350 designs, 24 in full colour.
Authentic Victorian Fashion Patterns: Complete
Lady's Wardrobe
Dover
Paper
Taken from issues of the magazine The Voice of Fashion the brave needlewoman
can make herself (or someone else) a complete wardrobe. The content ranges
from 1890 - 96. The patterns
require
drafting
ability, sewing skills, and determination!
Butterick's 1892 Metropolitan Fashions
Dover
Paper, $11.95
This volume, painstakingly reprinted from a rare original copy of Butterick's
autumn and winter catalog for 1892-93, presents over 1,000 finely detailed
illustrations of garments for which Butterick offered patterns. Women's,
children's, and a very few men's garments are featured.
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