Fascinating, well-documented survey covering 6 centuries of English undergarments, enhanced with over 100 illustrations: 12th-century laced-up bodice, footed long drawers (1795), 19th-century bustles
Remarkably thorough illustrated overview based on rare period photographs, periodicals, other contemporary sources. Description and information about hundreds of fashions: morning dresses, riding out
Cunnington, an early 20th century authority on fashion (and, it seems, the female sex) offers a lighthearted but educated discussion of female clothing and behavioral fashion during a period when wome
