20th century costume history

What did women wear in the 20th century?
Dress - 20th Century, Fashion, Styles: There were dramatic changes in women’s dress during the first decade of the 20th century. Men, however, continued to wear a black frock coat with gray striped trousers for formal day wear and a black tailcoat and trousers with a white waistcoat for evening wear if ladies were present.
When did costume and fashion history start?
The literature of costume and fashion history is diverse in nature. The first printed books on the subject appeared in the sixteenth century. Illustrated surveys of historic costume blossomed in the late eighteenth century and reached a peak by the mid-to-late nineteenth century.
When did costume designers work on Broadway?
Covering the world history of costume, dress, and style from antiquity through to the end of the 19th century, the six volume work remains completely unique in its scope and detail. This book profiles costume designers who worked on Broadway between the 1915-16 and 1985-86 theatre seasons.
When did fashion and dress become popular?
Illustrated surveys of historic costume blossomed in the late eighteenth century and reached a peak by the mid-to-late nineteenth century. Scholarly developments in the 1920s and 1930s produced studies in which fashion and dress received new psychological and sociological evaluation.

Using The Library’s Catalog

For general instruction on using the Library’s catalog, please consult “How Do I Find a Book.” The following information is specific to the subjects of costume and fashion history. Subject headings in our online catalog, CATNYP, derive from Library of Congress Subject Headings, available at the reference desk in Room 300. The following categories o

Selected Key Historical Titles

Books with plates of costume first appeared in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. A “golden age” of illustrated plate books then developed by the mid-to-late eighteenth century and extended into the early nineteenth century. These publications were intended for wealthy clients and featured a variety of historical dress depictions, unlike earl

Reference Resources by Topic

Since scholarly literature on costume and fashion history is a fairly recent academic achievement, fewer reference publications have been developed than might be expected. A majority of these works are devoted to the business and advertising side of the clothing industry. Endeavors based on historical evaluation are growing, however, and more relev

Locating Journal Articles

Guides to articles written on costume and fashion history can be found in the following relevant online indexes, found on the Library’s Selected Electronic Resources file under the term “Art & Architecture:” Art Index Retrospective Art Full Text *ArtBibliographies Modern Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA) *Design and Applied Art Index If a jo

Electronic Resources

Visual Resources The Library’s website www.nypl.org provides access to the Digital Gallery, where thousands of costume related imagery can be found. Two sections in particular, “Customs and Costume: Surveys and Examples of National Studies to 1900” and “Dress and Fashion: Design and Manufacture” show historical costume plates. Also to be found in t

Selected Internet Sites

Internet resources on costume and fashion history can be problematic. Quality control remains a serious issue for sites that are built to feature costume history, and the actual number of such sites is limited. A majority of these sites have a commercial basis or creator. Therefore, the areas of contemporary fashion business, advertising, and haute

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The Twentieth Century (History of Costume and Fashion volume 8)

For fashionable women at the turn of the century, the ideal body had an ample bosom, tiny waist, and large hips Whether in dresses or separates, women wore high collars, puffed-out bodices, and full skirts, worn over layers of rustling petticoats

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