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Dressed for the Occasion: What Americans Wore, 1620-1970
96 pp.
| Lerner |
April, 1999 |
LibraryISBN 0-8225-1738-8$$16.95
(3)
YA
Miller presents a fact-packed history of American dress, focusing not only on the details of men's, women's, and children's clothing and accessories, but the social changes and technological advances that led to shifts in fashions throughout four centuries. Sepia-toned historical photographs and drawings provide abundant examples of the fashions described. Bib., ind.