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The history of Medieval European clothing and textiles has inspired a good deal of scholarly interest in the 21st century. Elisabeth Crowfoot, Frances Pritchard, and Kay Staniland authored Textiles and Clothing: Medieval Finds from Excavations in London, c.1150-c.1450 (Boydell Press, 2001).
The Lost Art of Dress: The Women Who Once Made America Stylish. Basic Books. ISBN 978-0465066865. Steele, Valerie, Paris Fashion: a cultural history (second edition, revised and updated), Oxford: Berg, 1998, ISBN 978-1859739730; Steele, Valerie, Fifty Years of Fashion: new look to now, New Haven: Yale University Press, 2000, ISBN 978-0300087383
Scholars around the world have studied a wide range of clothing topics, including the history of specific items of clothing, [37] [38] clothing styles in different cultural groups, [39] and the business of clothing and fashion. [40]
Portrait of Matthäus Schwarz by Hans Maler zu Schwaz, 1526, Musée du Louvre Matthäus Schwarz at the age of 19. A typical page from the Trachtenbuch. Matthäus Schwarz (19 February 1497 – c.1574) was a German accountant, best known for compiling his Klaidungsbüchlein or Trachtenbuch (usually translated as "Book of Clothes"), a book cataloguing the clothing that he wore between 1520 and 1560.
500-1000 – Spinning wheel invented in the Indian subcontinent. [19] 1000s – Finely decorated examples of cotton socks made by true knitting using continuous thread appear in Egypt. [14] 1000s – The earliest clear illustrations of the spinning wheel come from the Islamic world. [20] 1100s-1300s – Dual-roller cotton gins appear in India ...
History of clothing (Byzantine) covers Clothing worn in the Byzantine empire (330 AD - 1453 AD) Category:History of clothing (Western fashion) covers clothing worn in Western Europe since antiquity, and in the Americas and other countries under European or American influence from c. 1750 to World War II. There are many subcategories, such as:
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The clothing of men and women at several social levels of Ancient Egypt are depicted in this tomb mural from the 15th century BC. The preservation of fabric fibers and leathers allows for insights into the attire of ancient societies. The clothing used in the ancient world reflects the technologies that these peoples mastered. In many cultures ...