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What People Wore: A Visual History of Dress from Ancient Times to Twentieth-Century America
What People Wore A Visual History of Dress from Ancient Times to TwentiethCentury America Author:Douglas Gorsline A visual survey of dress that covers the fashions of Western man over nearly 5,000 years of recorded history. In 1,800 detailed drawings, plus upwards of 50 pages of text, Douglas Gorsline has created an encyclopedia of dress styles that begins with the civilization of Ancient Egypt and continues through the centuries of the modern era. — Indians... more », cowboys, tradesmen and office girls, gentlemen of fashion and Klondike prospectors. The author, a noted illustrator, etcher, and painter, created the drawings from contemporaneous sources, instead of using the usual photograph reproductions, in order to achieve meticulous clarity free of irrelevant background material. The result is not only an invaluable reference book, but is itself a work of art.« less