Five Centuries of American Costume

By R. Turner Wilcox

This book is the first comprehensive survey of dress in the Americas--16th to 20th centuries. It includes 404 carefully researched, black-and-white illustrations by author. Indispensable resource for fashion historians, costume designers, and artists.

This profusely illustrated study focuses on more than 500 years of clothing styles worn by people of the Americas--from animal hides in the ninth century to suits for both sexes in the mid-twentieth century. A brief, introductory chapter describes and depicts the everyday wear of Vikings, Mayans, Aztecs, Incas, and principal North American Indian tribes. Subsequent sections are devoted to the many and varied costumes of the Spanish, Portuguese, English, French, German, and Scandinavians who came after them.

ISBN: 0486436101