Here is the visual story of changing styles in costume and fashion, spanning over nine hundred years. From the basic, functional dress of the early medieval period, via the glamorous heights of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, through to the ephemeral excesses of the present day, this book displays a colourful and always fascinating cavalcade.

“What distinguishes this title is its 180 color illustrations, which depict in rich detail figures representing varied social classes of European (and later American) society from 1066 to 1990. A succinct glossary and a one-page introduction provide complementary text to the parade of the ‘great years of fashions’...a valuable and interesting research tool. Recommended.” (Library Journal)