Survey Of Historic Costume: A History Of Western Dress
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Survey Of Historic Costume: A History Of Western Dress Details
About the Author Phyllis G.Tortora is Professor Emerita at Queen's College, where she was department chair for 17 years, teaching historic costume and furnishings, and textiles. Among the textbooks of which she is the author or co-author are Survey of Historic Costume and Fairchild's Dictionary of Textiles, 7th edition. Her professional memberships include the International Textiles and Apparel Association, the Costume Society of America and the American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences. She serves as a consultant to the Historic Costume Collection of the Huntington Historical Society in Huntington, New York. Keith Eubank is a Professor of History, Emeritus, Queens College, CUNY. He had previously been the Chairman of the History Department and he was also part of the Doctoral Faculty in History, CUNY. Keith maintains scholarly affiliations with the American Historical Association and the Southern Historical Association. Read more
Reviews
This book is an excellent and detailed source on costumes through the ages. Not sure why the others reviews are a bit harsh on it, but I am more than pleased. I don't find it so awful in that it lacks bunches of colorful prints- heck, if all the drawings were colorized this book would be a very expensive resource.I'm a simple person, and I'm very pleased with the entire book.