Detailed visual survey of the development of hats, headdress, hairstyles and head gear of all types beginning in Ancient Egypt, moving through the Middle ages, through the centuries of the last millennium. The book has 198 plates - each one filled with a number of different types of headgear. These show hundreds of styles, types and designs with full text to explain the developments and transitions.
This is a highly comprehensive survey and will be of use to students of costume and fashion, designers looking for the basis of numerous designs, and historians and sociologists tracing the development of head gear as costume and head adornment.
Styles shown include: Egyptian headdresses, medieval mens and womens hats, the many different styles of renaissance Europe, turbans, sailors hats, snoods, crowns, military helmets and armour, the tam-o-shanter, boaters, berets and sombreros.
Hairstyles include ringlets, topknots, ponytails, pageboy cuts, fringes, mutton chops and crew cuts.
Illustrations: hundreds of designs, 198 plates.
Size: 157 x 235 mm
Format: Paperback book
ISBN 10: 0486467627
