General fashion reading list

Bibliographies

Hiler, Hilaire and  Meyer, Bibliography of Costume. New York, 1967.

Anthony, Pegaret and Janet Arnold, Costume, A General Bibliography. London, 1974.

Encyclopaediae

O'Hara, Georgina, The Encyclopedia of Fashion. New York, 1986.

Martin, Richard (ed), The St. James Fashion Encyclopedia: A Survey of Style from 1945 to the Present. Detroit, 1997.

Steele, Valerie (ed), Encyclopedia of Clothing and Fashion, 3 vols. New York, 2005.

Dictionaries & glossaries

Baclawski, Karen, The Guide to Historic Costume. London, 1995.

Cunnington, C Willet, Phillis and Charles Beard, A Dictionary of English Costume: 900-1900. London, 1961.

Davies, Stephanie, Costume Language: A Dictionary of Dress Terms. Malvern, 1994.

Calasibetta, Charlotte M, Fairchild's Dictionary of Fashion, 2nd edition. New York, 1988.

O'Hara, Georgina, The Thames and Hudson Dictionary of Fashion and Fashion Designers. London, 1998.

Picken, Mary Brooks, The Language of Fashion: A Dictionary and Digest of Fabric Sewing and Dress. New York, 1939.

Picken, Mary Brooks, The Fashion Dictionary: Fabric, Sewing and Dress as Expressed in the Language of Fashion. New York, 1957.

Wilcox, Ruth Turner, The Dictionary of Costume. London, 1969.

Surveys

Arnold, Janet, A Handbook of costume. London, 1973.

Ashelford, Jane, The Art of Dress: Clothes and Society 1500-1914. London, 1996.

Baines, Barbara, Fashion revivals from the Elizabethan age to the present day. London, 1981.

Black, J Anderson & Madge Garland, A History of Fashion. London, 1975.

von Boehn, Max, Modes and Manners From the Middle Ages to the End of the Eighteenth Century, 4 vols. London, 1980.

Boucher, François, 20,000 Years of Fashion: The History of Costume and Personal Adornment. London, 1987.

Byrde, Penelope, The Male Image: Men's Fashion in England 1300-1970. London, 1979.

Chenoune, Farid, A History of Men's Fashion. New York, 1993.

Cumming Valerie, Understanding Fashion History. London, 2004.

Davenport, Millia, The Book of Costume. New York, 1978.

Ewing, Elizabeth, Everyday Dress 1650-1900. London, 1984.

Hall,  Lee, Common Threads: A Parade of American Clothing. Boston, 1992.

Kelly, Francis and Randolph Schwabe,  Historic Costume: Short History of Costume and Armour Chiefly in England 1066-1800. London, 1972.

Köhler, Carl, A History of Costume. New York, 1963.

Kyoto Costume Institute, Fashion: A History from the 18th to the 20th Century. London, 2002.

Laver, James, A Concise History of Costume. London,1995.

Mackrell, Alice, Art and Fashion: The Impact of Art on Fashion and Fashion on Art. London, 2005.

de Marly, Diana, Fashion for Men: An Illustrated History. London, 1985.

de Marly, Diana, Dress in North America 1492-1800, Vol.1. London, 1990.

Ribeiro, Aileen and Valerie Cumming, The Visual History of Costume. London, 1989.

Ribeiro, Aileen, The Gallery of Fashion. London, 2000.

Rothstein, Natalie, (ed) Four hundred Years of Fashion. V&A Museum, London, 1984.

Squire, Geoffrey, Dress, Art and Society 1560-1970. London, 1974.

Tarrant, Naomi, The Development of Costume. London, 1994.

Wilcox, Ruth Turner, Five Centuries of American Costume. London, 1963.