| Description |
1 online resource (272 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Series |
World of art |
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World of art.
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| Contents |
"More than 1,200 entries [of] detailed information on the life and work of every important designer from 1840 up to the present day, including not only couturiers but also shoe, hat and knitwear specialists, costume designers, jewelers and hairdressers. It also covers the fashion media, photographers and illustrators, influential art movements, fashion terms, garment and accessory styles, technical processes, and every kind of fabric, as well as personalities who have influenced fasion or promoted a style." -- Cover |
| Summary |
Documents the universe of fashion from the mid-18th century through the late 1990s in more than 1200 short entries with more than 300 illustrations |
| Notes |
Previous edition published under title: The encyclopaedia of fashion |
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Includes graphical cross-reference mapper |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 268-272) |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Fashion -- Dictionaries
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Clothing and dress -- History -- 19th century -- Dictionaries
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Clothing and dress -- History -- 20th century -- Dictionaries
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Clothing and dress.
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Fashion.
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| Genre/Form |
Dictionaries.
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History.
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Dictionaries.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Callan, Georgina O'Hara.
Encyclopaedia of fashion
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| ISBN |
9781849722476 |
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1849722471 |
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