Facts on File - A History of Fashion and Costume (8 volumes)

A History of Fashion and Costume is an eight-volume set that examines the development of costume and fashion over time, from the earliest cave dwellers to the present, along with the social history that gave rise to it. Introducing readers to the rich world of fashion and dress, this set vividly 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.

1. The Ancient World

2. The Medieval World

3. Elizabethan England

4. Early America

5. The Eighteenth Century

6. The Victorian Age

7. The Nineteenth Century

8. The Twentieth Century