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Fashion, costume, and culture, clothing, headwear, body decorations, and footwear through the ages, Sara Pendergast and Tom Pendergast ; Sarah Hermsen, project editor

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Fashion, costume, and culture, clothing, headwear, body decorations, and footwear through the ages, Sara Pendergast and Tom Pendergast ; Sarah Hermsen, project editor

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Fashion, costume, and culture

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionariesbibliography

Oclc number

314356014

Responsibility statement

Sara Pendergast and Tom Pendergast ; Sarah Hermsen, project editor

Series statement

Gale virtual reference library

Sub title

clothing, headwear, body decorations, and footwear through the ages

Summary

Provides a broad overview of costume traditions of diverse cultures from prehistoric times to the present day. Examines more than 430 items of human decoration and adornment, ranging from togas to turbans, necklaces to tennis shoes. Explores how and why items were created, the people who made them, and their uses. This set shows how clothing, headwear, body decorations, and footwear reflect the different cultural, religious, and societal beliefs

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Clothing, headwear, body decorations, and footwear through the ages

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