I have been looking for this costume book forever. I used to check it out when I was in high school every few weeks. It has so many drawings from so many times. My only caution is for parents: there are a few women's costumes that, though I believe are accurate, are also bare chested. Other than that, after years of looking I am thrilled to have my best costuming friend back in my life. The wide period range has been fabulous for costuming! What People Wore: 1,800 Illustrations from Ancient Times to the Early Twentieth Century Pretty good condition but a bit wornSize is pretty good and i love the interesting silhouette of each time period and design What People Wore: 1,800 Illustrations from Ancient Times to the Early Twentieth Century Not what I thought, based on cover and did not have inside views. Bought it anyway since Dover books are usually clean line art. CONS: These are sketchy, dotty small (for the most part) ink drawings done by one artist from paintings. Not useful at all by my husband who incorporates line art into his paintings. Not useful to me as a fashion reference either. PROS: This is one illustrator's tour de force as he spend days, weeks, months sketching from reference material. Truly not worth the money. What People Wore: 1,800 Illustrations from Ancient Times to the Early Twentieth Century Great book, great illustrations, shame they are all in black and white. Major historical events / condensed timeline ends every chapter. Worth reading, good for fashion history students What People Wore: 1,800 Illustrations from Ancient Times to the Early Twentieth Century I really don't believe the good reviews on this book. When I received the book, I thought it couldn't be true. There are lots of pictures, actually only pictures, yes, but they're drawn in such a way that even if they were all accurate re drawings from primary sources, you cannot figure out how the garment looked. The drawings look like a very poorly done line drawings, with nothing clear lots of lines that give a flat picture with no details. Besides, as the book covers such a large era, it gives only few pictures for each period and the pictures given are often not very typical for that time. Even Peacock is better than this. In the back, however, is a list of sources the pictures were re drawn from, so you could actually go and check the accuracy. I do not recommend this book to anyone unless someone who has absolutely no clue about costume history and does not care about watching at nice pictures and seeing details. What People Wore: 1,800 Illustrations from Ancient Times to the Early Twentieth Century
The book is an invaluable guide to all things fashion Collectors' CornerSpanning nearly 5000 years of clothing styles this splendid sourcebook presents a fascinating panorama of wearing apparel beginning with the ancient Egyptians and continuing through the early decades of the twentieth centuryOver 1800 drawings meticulously researched and accurately rendered by the author depict garments ranging from diaphanous gowns of Egyptian royalty ornate robes of Byzantine dignitaries and elegant dresses worn by eighteenth century Parisians to picturesue outfits of American frontiersmen and the revolutionary 1930s wardrobe of the American flapperHere also are informal portraits of Byzantine commoners and religious figures Elizabethans in lace collars and ruffs upper class Venetians English dandies and French gentlemen of the mid eighteenth century as well as detailed illustrations of nineteenth century New York farmers western fur trappers cowboys mountain men and lumberjacks Klondike prospectors Mississippi rivermen and manyA brief historical survey precedes the chronologically grouped illustrations of each period and an overall list supplies the source for each drawing A comprehensive reference for artists designers and social historians this invaluable treasury will also intrigue anyone interested in the evolution of wearing apparelThe book is an invaluable guide to all things fashion. -- Collectors' Corner
Spanning nearly 5,000 years of clothing styles, this splendid sourcebook presents a fascinating panorama of wearing apparel, beginning with the ancient Egyptians and continuing through the early decades of the twentieth century.
Over 1,800 drawings -- meticulously researched and accurately rendered by the author -- depict garments ranging from diaphanous gowns of Egyptian royalty, ornate robes of Byzantine dignitaries, and elegant dresses worn by eighteenth-century Parisians, to picturesque outfits of American frontiersmen and the revolutionary 1930s wardrobe of the American flapper.
Here also are informal portraits of Byzantine commoners and religious figures, Elizabethans in lace collars and ruffs, upper-class Venetians, English dandies, and French gentlemen of the mid-eighteenth century as well as detailed illustrations of nineteenth-century New York farmers, western fur trappers, cowboys, mountain men, and lumberjacks, Klondike prospectors, Mississippi rivermen, and many more. A brief historical survey precedes the chronologically grouped illustrations of each period, and an overall list supplies the source for each drawing. A comprehensive reference for artists, designers, and social historians, this invaluable treasury will also intrigue anyone interested in the evolution of wearing apparel.The book is an invaluable guide to all things fashion. -- Collectors' Corner
Spanning nearly 5,000 years of clothing styles, this splendid sourcebook presents a fascinating panorama of wearing apparel, beginning with the ancient Egyptians and continuing through the early decades of the twentieth century.
Over 1,800 drawings -- meticulously researched and accurately rendered by the author -- depict garments ranging from diaphanous gowns of Egyptian royalty, ornate robes of Byzantine dignitaries, and elegant dresses worn by eighteenth-century Parisians, to picturesque outfits of American frontiersmen and the revolutionary 1930s wardrobe of the American flapper.
Here also are informal portraits of Byzantine commoners and religious figures, Elizabethans in lace collars and ruffs, upper-class Venetians, English dandies, and French gentlemen of the mid-eighteenth century as well as detailed illustrations of nineteenth-century New York farmers, western fur trappers, cowboys, mountain men, and lumberjacks, Klondike prospectors, Mississippi rivermen, and many more. A brief historical survey precedes the chronologically grouped illustrations of each period, and an overall list supplies the source for each drawing. A comprehensive reference for artists, designers, and social historians, this invaluable treasury will also intrigue anyone interested in the evolution of wearing apparel. What People Wore: 1,800 Illustrations from Ancient Times to the Early Twentieth Century