On Wednesday 30 August 2006 11:52 am, Suzi Clarke wrote: > At 16:33 30/08/2006, you wrote: > >Yes, I'm starting to realize that my costume library from when I > >studied costume history eons ago is full of inaccurate information. > >Does anyone know of a comprehensive book on costume history that is > >really good with lots of primary sources? > > > >Sylrog > > Francois Boucher "History of Costume in the Western World" is my > favourite, with lots of text, great photos of garments, accessories, > and paintings, although some are black and white. Mostly there is > good dating and sources, i.e. Prado, V and A etc.
Boucher has a lot of great pictures, some you can't find anywhere else, but I've never been impressed by his text. I wouldn't assign his book alone as course reading, but in conjunction with something like Tortora and Eubanks, it would be very helpful. -- Cathy Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "A civilized society is one which tolerates eccentricity to the point of doubtful sanity." --Robert Frost _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
