The Joy of Collecting Fashion History Books

We highlight a few of our favorite fashion history titles from the hundreds on the Dressed bookshelf.

Books discussed in today's episode:

• Chinese Dress in Detail by San Fong Chan
• China Adorned: Ritual and Custom of Ancient Cultures by Professor Deng Qiyao
• Patchwork: A World Tour by Catherine Legrand
• Fashion Before Plus-Size: Bodies, Bias and the Birth of an Industry by Lauren Downing Peters
• Creating African Fashion Histories: Politics, Museums, and Sartorial Practices
• Vintage Fashion: A Complete Sourcebook by Nicky Albrechtsen
• How to Be Fabulous: Sustainable, Second-Hand Style on a Shoestring by Charlotte Dallison
• Fashioning Submission: Documenting Fashion, Taste and Identity in WW2 Italy through “Bellezza” Magazine by Silvia Vacirca
• The World According to Lee McQueen
• The World According to Yves Saint Laurent
• Yves Saint Laurent & Art
• Fashion and the Art of Pochoir

Past Dressed episodes discussed in today's episode:

• The Fabric of Life: An Interview with Gee's Bend Quiltmaker Loretta Pettway Bennett
• A History of Stoutwear, an interview with Dr. Lauren Downing-Peters
• Fashion and the Art of Pochoir 
• Africa Fashion with Dr. Christine Checinska Part I and Part II
• Fashion History Now #51: How to Shop for Vintage
• Lee Alexander McQueen: Mind, Mythos, Muse with Clarissa Esguerra and Michaela Hansen
• Favorite Fashion History Books
• Fashion History Mystery #59: In Their Own Words: Autobiographies from Fashion's Greats

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