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Fashion: Past & Present 
Revised 11/10/04

Prepared by Mata Stevenson, Adjunct Instructor, Reference Department

This is a general guide to books on the history of costume available in the ART REFERENCE COLLECTION, compiled mainly for Course AF111 but useful in other classes. To find costume history books in other parts of the library or on particular time periods, consult the Costume Bibliography or StyleCat  , the library's online catalog, entering a term (or terms) for the era, for example "Costume Tudor."  Click for  Subject Headings Used in Online Catalog/Costume & Fashion.
 

        

 

Bigelow, Marybelle S. Fashion in History: Western Dress, Prehistoric to Present. 2nd ed. Minneapolis, Minn.: Burgess, 1979.
Art Reference GT 510.B47 1979

Black, J. Anderson and Madge Garland. A History of Fashion. Updated & Revised by Frances Kennett. New York: Morrow, 1980.
Art Reference GT 510.B53 1980

Boucher, François. 20,000 Years of Fashion. Expanded ed. New York: Abrams, 1987.
Art Reference GT 510.B6713 1987

Bradley, Carolyn G. Western World Costume: An Outline History. New York: Appleton, [1954].
Art Reference GT 510.B69

Cassin-Scott, Jack. The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Costume and Fashion: from 1066 to the present. London: Studio Vista, 1994
Art Reference GT 580.C372 1994

Cassin-Scott, Jack. The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Costume and Fashion, 1550-1920. Poole; New York: Blandford Press, 1986.
Art Reference GT 580.C37 1986

Contini, Mila. Fashion: from Ancient Egypt to the Present Day. New York: Odyssey, 1965.
Art Reference GT 513.C58

Cosgrave, Bronwyn. Costume and Fashion: A Complete History. London: Hamlyn, 2000.
Art Reference GT 513.C586 2000

Davenport, Milia. The Book of Costume. 2 vols. New York: Crown, [1948].
Art Reference GT 513.D38

Evans, Mary. Costume Throuqhout the Ages. Rev. ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott, [1950].
Art Reference GT 510.E8 1950

Fabre, Maurice. History of Fashion. London: Leisure Arts, 1966.
Art Reference GT 510.F313

Gold, Annalee. One World of Fashion. 4th ed. New York: Fairchild Publications, 1987.
Art Reference GT 511.G65 1987

Gorsline, Douglas W. What People Wore: A Visual History of Dress from Ancient Times to Twentieth-Century America. New York: Bonanza Books, 1952.
Art Reference GT 513.G6 1952

Houston, Mary Galway. Ancient Egyptian, Mesopotamian and Persian Costume and Decoration. 2nd ed. New York: Barnes & Noble, [1954].
Art Reference GT 510.H65 1954

Houston, Mary Galway. Ancient Greek, Roman and Byzantine Costume and Decoration. 2nd ed. London: Black, 1947.
Art Reference GT 510.H65 v.2

Houston, Mary Galway. Medieval Costume in England and France. London: Black, 1939.
Art Reference GT 510.H65 v.3

Johnson, Marie. Ancient Greek Dress. Chicago: Argonaut, 1964.
Art Reference GT 550.J6

Kemper, Rachel H. Costume. New York: Newsweek Books, 1977.
Art Reference GT 511.K45

Klepper, Erhard. Costume in Antiquity. New York: Potter, [1964].
Art Reference GT 530.K513

Köhler, Carl and Emma Von Sichart. A History of Costume. New York: Dover, [1963].
Art Reference GT 510.K6 1963

Kybalová, Ludmila. The Pictorial Encyclopedia of Fashion. London; New York: Hamlyn, 1968
Art Reference GT 513.K81 1968b

Laver, James. Costume and Fashion: A Concise History. Rev., expanded & updated. New York: Thames and Hudson. 1995.
Art Reference GT 510.L39 1995

Lester, Katherine Morris and Rose N. Kerr. Historic Costume. 7th. ed., Peoria, Ill.: Bennett, 1977.
Art Reference GT 510.L47 1977

Lister, Margot. Costume: An Illustrated Survey from Ancient Times to the Twentieth Century. Boston: Plays, Inc., 1993.
Art Reference GT 513.L5 1993

Müller, Claudia. The Costume Timeline: 5000 Years of Fashion History. London: Thames and Hudson, 1993.
Art Reference GT 513.M75 1993

Norris, Herbert. Medieval Costume and Fashion. Mineola, NY: Dover, 1999.
Art Reference GT 575.N67 1999

Payne, Blanche. History of Costume, from the Ancient Egyptians to the Twentieth Century. New York: Harper and Row, [1965].
Art Reference GT 510.P35

Peacock, John. Costume, 1066-1990s. London: Thames and Hudson, 1994.
Art Reference GT 730.P43 1994

Pistolese, Rosana, and Ruth Horsting. History of Fashions. New York: Wiley, [1970].
Art Reference GT 510.P468

Ribeiro, Aileen. The Visual History of Costume. London: Batsford, 1989.
Art Reference GT 511.R53 1989

Russell, Douglas A. Costume History and Style. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1983.
Art Reference GT 511.R87 1983

Stavridi, Margaret. History of Costume. 4 vols. Boston: Plays, [1968-.
Art Reference GT580.S72

Tortora, Phyllis G. Survey of Historic Costume: A History of Western Dress. 3rd ed. New York: Fairchild, 1998.
Art Reference GT 580.T67 1998

Visual History of Costume, A. 5 vols. London: Batsford, 1983.
Art Reference GT 733.V57 1983

Wilcox, R. Turner. The Mode in Costume. New York: Scribner, 1958.
Art Reference GT 510.W55 1958

Yarwood, Doreen. Fashion in the Western World, 1500-1990. New York: Drama Book, 1992.
Art Reference GT 580.Y37 1992