This is a revised and completely updated edition. This eight-volume set captures the divergent styles and trends that have played such a crucial role in defining the 20th century. It chronicles the modern world's continual desire to express itself—and to mold itself—through fashion. Each decade from the 1920s to the 1990s is covered by a separate book, illustrated with original paintings and contemporary photographs, record jackets, advertisements, posters and more. The first section of each book provides an overview of the decade, examining fashion developments in the light of trends in the arts, technology, politics and living patterns. The second section is divided into eight four-page chapters highlighting key individual themes – such as “Stars of Stage and Screen,” “Art Deco” or “Power Dressing.” Each book includes a time chart, reading list, and glossary. |
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| This book brings the Jazz Age to life through the clothes of the flappers and “Thoroughly Modern Millies.” As the fabric of society changed, fashion took on a life of its own – exploding with new colors and trends – alongside the innovative rhythms and style of jazz music. It was a period of youthful escapism, a reaction to the stern clothes and strict behavior that was expected during the Victorian Age, and this revised volume captures the essence of that social change. Table of Contents: 1. Flappers 2. The Perfect Gentleman 3. Stars of the Stage and Screen 4. Chic Parisienne 5. Tutmania and All That Jazz 6. Skin Deep 7. In Search of Sun and Sport 8. Alternative Dressing Edited by Jacqueline Herald ISBN: 0-8160-6718-X Hardcover. 64 pages |
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| This book examines the role of fashion as it made its way through the Great Depression, exploring the social and cultural aspects of the era through a softer lens. Synthetic fabrics, such as nylon and artificial silks that imitated luxury fibers, became popular, in addition to clothing that featured a more muted palette and longer, more flowing lines. Such Hollywood icons as Fred Astaire and Ginger Rodgers set the standard for idealized glamour, as did the Duke and Dutchess of Windsor, as they pushed the bounds of fashion to newer heights. Table of Contents: 1. Dancing in the Depression 2. Hooray for Hollywood! 3. Art Deco: Themes and Machines 4. New Materials: Revealing the Body Beautiful 5. Halter Necks and Bias Cuts 6. Schiaparelli and the Surrealists 7. Shaping Up: Health and Fitness 8. End of the Rainbow Edited by Maria Costantino ISBN: 0-8160-6719-8 Hardcover 64 pages |
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| This book traces the mobilization of clothing trends as they marched across the war-ravaged word. Women began to wear outfits featuring wide padded shoulders, a cinched waistline, narrow hips, and a skirt that fell just below the knee, much in the image of a soldier’s uniform, while men sported clothing shaped like and inverted triangle from shoulder to waist. The volume offers a detailed reflection on the role fashion played throughout this time period, and it is a perfect reference for those students or general readers who are interested in how history and culture have affected fashion through the years. Table of Contents: 1. V for Victory 2. Paris Under Fire 3. The American Challenge 4. British Designers at War 5. Zoot-Suiters, Spivs and Zazous 6. Men at War and Peace 7. Hollywood 8. The New Look Edited by Patricia Baker ISBN: 0-8160-6720-1 Hardcover 64 pages |
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| This book documents the history of fashion as it threaded its way through the post war years. From nylon stockings and stiletto heels to full skirts and slim-fitting bodices to baby doll nightwear and textured leisure suits, the fifties reflected the postwar attitudes that heralded the baby boom generation. An essential resource for history and fashion lovers alike, this revised volume brings to life a fascinating decade of clothing history. Table of Contents: 1. Living Dolls 2. Man in the Gray Flannel Suit 3. An Artificial Freedom 4. Haute Couture Heyday 5. The Undercover Story 6. Hollywood Dreams 7. Café Society 8. Rebels Without a Cause Edited by Patricia Baker ISBN: 081606721X Hardcover 64 pages |
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| Fashions of a Decade: The 1960s delves into the free-spirited clothing trends of this time period, exploring history from a social and cultural perspective. From the far-out fads of beatniks and hippies, popularized by Bob Dylan, to rock star rebels, epitomized by Mick Jagger, to boyish fashion models, captured by the British waif, Twiggy, this volume brings the peace-loving threads of the sixties to life. Table of Contents: 1. Cocktails and Beehives 2. Beatnik Generation 3. The Beatles – Pop Goes Fashion 4. Motown, Mods and Minis 5. The Space Age 6. The Ethnic Look 7. Psychedelic Explosion 8. Flower Power Goes High Fashion Edited by Yvonne Connikie ISBN: 0-8160-6722-8 Hardcover 64 pages |
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| This book brings the ‘70s to life through the clothing that helped to define it. From platform shoes and bell-bottoms to mini-skirts and hot pants, to Afghans and cheesecloth fabrics, the seventies remains one of the most distinctive decades in clothing history. Table of Contents: 1. Tough Guys 2. Nostalgia 3. Black is Beautiful 4. Glamour 5. Dressed to Clash 6. Trash Culture 7. Disco Kings and Queens 8. The Rebirth of Style Edited by Jacqueline Herald ISBN: 0-8160-6723-6 Hardcover 64 pages |
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| This book explores the dynamic history of fashion as it reinvented itself through the popular trends of the eighties. From the designer suits of yuppie men and women to ripped jeans to the mini-crinoline craze to the classic fashion sense of Princess Diana, the 1980s encapsulates a time when being fashionable and dressing well captured the public imagination as rarely before. Table of Contents: 1. Romantics, Pirates and Princes 2. Power Dressing: The City Slicker and the New Woman 3. Cut, Shape and Drape 4. Bizarre and Absurd 5. Hip-Hop, House and After 6. Second Skin: Design in New Fabrics 7. Retro Fever 8. Looking Forward: Into the Nineties Edited by Vicky Carnegy ISBN: 0816067244 Hardcover 64 pages |
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| From silk walking shorts to bike leathers to layered minidresses to stretch-velvet jumpsuits, the ‘90s were a period of fun, innovative clothing styles that could be sold at prices the average person could afford. Perfect for fashion and history lovers alike, this revised volume covers everything readers would want to know about dress during this fascinating era. Table of Contents: 1. Retro or Reinvention? 2. New Kinds on the Block 3. America Makes the Running 4. Accessories Say It All 5. The Word on the Streets 6. New Man, New Market 7. Fashion Technology 8. Fashion with a Conscience Edited by Anne McEvoy ISBN: 0-8160-6725-2 Hardcover 64 pages |
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