Historical Dictionary of the Fashion Industry (Historical Dictionaries of Professions and Industries)

Sterlacci (fashion design, Academy of Art U. San Francisco) and Arbuckle (dean of the School of Art and Design at the Fashion Institute of Technology, New York) present alphabetically arranged, cross- referenced entries on the major designers, companies, movements, materials, and events in fashion's history. Other entries address significant magazines and writers, photographers, fashion shows, and hallmarks in labor practices and regulation.