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How to Read a Dress: A Guide to Changing Fashion from the 16th to the 20th Century by Lydia Edwards
rmkg's review
Beautiful, interesting, easy to read, but I skimmed, didn’t read the whole thing. More interested in certain time periods than others.
subpolka's review
3.0
First and foremost, the eBook version of this book is utter chaos. Photos appear pages after they're referenced, captions are misaligned, the single-page formatting is not a good fit for the content, and the image notations are barely visible. I'm not factoring these frustrations into my rating - just a note that prospective readers may want to invest in a paper copy.
Anywho: The front end of this one was a bit technical and dry - (which, as a sewist interested in garment construction, was right up my nerd-alley) - with more historical context being given in the later chapters - but not much more. I kept setting the book aside to research items and people mentioned in brief, and would say this one works better as a coffee table photography book than comprehensive text.
Anywho: The front end of this one was a bit technical and dry - (which, as a sewist interested in garment construction, was right up my nerd-alley) - with more historical context being given in the later chapters - but not much more. I kept setting the book aside to research items and people mentioned in brief, and would say this one works better as a coffee table photography book than comprehensive text.
plaidpladd's review
4.0
I am going to be so annoying during historical films now. Not that I wasn't already. If you are interested in things like historical sleeve styles, you'll like this.