num_pages: 64
description: 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.
language: English
title: The Ancient World
titlecomplete: The Ancient World
genres: History
ratings_count: 17
series: A History of Fashion and Costume
publisher: Facts on File