Author: KEMPER, R.H.,
Title: [A history of] Costume. Orig.edn.
Description: New York, 1977. orig.cloth, pict.col. dj. 191pp. coloured pict.title-page, many col. & plain ills. on plates and in text, glossary, picture credits, short bibliogr., index. Title-page: A Sung-Dynasty Scroll painting attributed to Emperor Hui Tsung, depicts court ladies ironing a bolt of newly woven silk. The Invention of Modesty, Civilizing Costume, Saints, Soldiers and Savages, Elegance & Excess, Haute Couture comes of Age, the Democratization of Fashion. MINT copy.

Keywords: fashion