Fashioning Fashion: European Dress in Detail, 1700-1915

This oversized catalog (10.25x12.75") offers sumptuous full-page color plates of each of the exquisitely crafted works on display in the 2010-2011 Los Angeles County Museum of Art exhibit, plus many details of each garment. In addition to the opening essay by independent fashion scholar Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell, there are frequent short essays on aspects of European fashion, its design, construction, styles, and decoration. A glossary and selected bibliography are provided. Annotation 穢2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)