Encyclopedia of Clothing and Fashion

Steele, a historian at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York, has edited a comprehensive resource to clothing and contemporary fashion that will be useful to the general reader and the advanced high school and undergraduate student. The three volumes are arranged A-Z and include entries on contemporary fashion designers, ethnic and regional costume, fabrics and materials, elements of costume, historic costume, and notable people, among other subjects. A sample of topics for indivi...