The Study of Dress History
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Published: May 3, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780719040641
Subjects: Antiques & collectables: carpets, rugs & textiles; Costume; History Of Art / Art & Design Styles; Fashion design; Clothing and dress in literatu; Art & Art Instruction; Art; History; Fashion; History - General; Art / History / General; Clothing and dress; Collection and preservation
First sentence: DRESS historians who work from a base of analysing surviving dress/textile artefacts are criticised for their 'descriptive' concentration on the minutiae of clothing.