Fashion through the ages [videorecording]The library has many movies depicting period costume from around the world in various time periods includng some academy award winners for costume design such as:
Braveheart, 1995
As seen in Vogue: a century of American fashion in advertising by 
Costume History and Style by
Well organized survey of the history of dress in the Western world. Examines the development of styles in relation to the cultural contexts of the time.
Costumes of the Greeks and Romans by
(formerly titled: Costume of the ancients)
Dress in eighteenth-century Europe, 1715-1789 by 
Fashion classics from Carlyle to Barthes by 
Five centuries of American costume by 
The history of costume : from ancient Mesopotamia through the twentieth century by 
History of American costume, 1607-1870 : with an introductory chapter on dress in the Spanish and French settlements in Florida and Louisiana [!]. by
Historic dress in America
Mirror, Mirror by
This book shows how clothing reflects our anxieties of life and how we cope with them. Another history, but this one has more modern fashion, up to the 1960s.
20,000 years of fashion : the history of costume and personal adornment by 
The Way We Wore by 
Who Wore What? by 
Working Dress in Colonial and Revolutionary America by
âCopeland, former chief historical illustrator for the Smithsonian Institution, has done an admirable job of reconstructing a large segment missing from our social picture of American costume.... It is... a valuable and fine book--a necessity for all academic libraries, and highly recommended for all general collections as well.ââ Choice
