The Complete Costume Dictionary
- ISBN-10
- 0810840049
- ISBN-13
- 9780810840041
- Category
- Design
- Pages
- 579
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2011
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press
- Author
- Elizabeth J. Lewandowski
Description
Introduction -- Dictionary -- Appendix A: Garment types -- Appendix B: Garment by country -- Appendix C: Garment types by era
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