Tierney T. American Family of the Colonial Era Paper Dolls

New York, 1882 The book describes the dress of women from the Gallo-Roman period to the end of the XIX century. We must, for a short space, return to those far-off ages, because certain attributes of dress which existed of old have reappeared at different times. We therefore ask permission to dwell for a short time on the earlier centuries of our history. Then the Merovingian period will supply us with curious document. The Carlovingians and th...

Smithsonian Press. Washington, D.C. 1967. This paper, based on a lecture given in the fall of 1963 at the Metropolitan Museum, New York, traces the history of the fashion plate from its origins to its full development in the 19th century. With the improvements in transportation and communication, increased attention came to be paid to foreign fashions, accessories, and even to hairstyles. As the reading public grew, so fashion consciousness incre...

Chelsea House Publications, 2009, 64 Pages With the expansion of the country came the expansion of what people wore on a day-to-day basis in the wild frontier of the West. Having moved away from established towns and trade routes, early settlers in the American West made their own clothes out of necessity. With the eventual introduction of familiar fabrics and clothing items, the styles favored by Western settlers and their families were distin...

Greenwood, 2008. - 424 pages. Find out what we wore and why we wore it in The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Clothing in American History: Twentieth Century to the Present. This fascinating reference set provides two levels of information: descriptions of styles of clothes that Americans have worn and, as important, why they wore those types of clothes. Fashion influences how we view other people and how we view ourselves. Find out what we wore and...

A paper submitted to the Department of Theatre and Communication Arts of Gannon University. Fall 1999. (17 pages) This paper will focus on the aesthetics of form, the undergarments and costumes that mold the body, and the societal implications of form and function, which are created by fashion in four major periods. These include Greek, Renaissance, 19th Century, and present day dress. This paper will conclude that costume has not served to flatt...

Contemporary Fashion seeks to provide information on and assessment of fashion designers active during the period from 1945 to the present. International in scope in accordance with fashion’s wide resourcing and dissemination, this volume attempts to provide dependable information and substantive critical appraisal in a field often prone to excessive praise and hyperbolic language.The book’s emphasis is on design creativity and distinction; in in...

Dover Publications, 1997. - 13 pages. (History of Costume Series) Splendid wardrobe of 16 costumes for a male and a female figure highlight 1,500 years of Egyptian fashion history. Includes colorful sheath dresses, sari-like cloaks, fringed shawl for the lady; kilts, royal robes, and soldier's uniform for the man. A dazzling window to the past, meticulously researched and rendered.

Dover Publications, 1996. - 13 pages. First volume in a new series for paper doll fans and costume enthusiasts traces the history of fashion. 2 dolls are accompanied by 16 accurately rendered costumes worn between 1200–1350 AD. Among them: tunics, chain-mail armor, and fur-trimmed capes for men, as well as gowns, embroidered tunics, and soft under robes for women.