Fashions in Hair: The First Five Thousand Years / Edition 3

by Richard Corson

Overview

The definitive text on hair fashions through the ages is back. This revised edition has 16 new pages by fashion historian Caroline Cox to bring hair fashions up to the present day. The first to attempt a comprehensive historical survey of men's and women's hair styles through the ages, from Ancient Egypt through Greece, Egypt, Rome, and Anglo-Saxon times to recent trends in fashion, this book is now an essential work of reference. Drawing on many years of research by the author, this is an essential handbook for theatrical designers, hair artists, illustrators, and beauty consultants as well as all those interested in the changing fashions in hair. Guaranteed to entertain and educate the general reader as well as historians of fashion, this is the perfect companion piece to both Fashions in Make-Up and Fashions In Eyeglasses.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780720610932
Publisher:	Owen, Peter Limited
Publication date:	10/01/2005
Edition description:	REVISED
Pages:	560
Product dimensions:	7.50(w) x 10.00(h) x 1.60(d)

About the Author

Richard Corson taught theatrical makeup in universities throughout the U. S. and worked as a theaterical makeup consultant. His book Stage Makeup has become the standard text on the subject, while his three valuable social histories, Fashions in Eyeglasses, Fashions in Hair, and Fashions in Makeup, are renowned as classics in their field.

Table of Contents

	Preface	7
1	The Wheel of Fashion	19
2	Ancient Civilizations	24
3	Ancient Greek Times	54
4	Ancient Roman Times	70
5	The Middle Ages	90
6	The Fifteenth Century	135
7	The Sixteenth Century	159
8	The Seventeenth Century	198
9	The Eighteenth Century: Men	261
10	The Eighteenth Century: Women	327
11	The Nineteenth Century: Men	398
12	The Nineteenth Century: Women	463
13	The Twentieth Century: Men	560
14	The Twentieth Century: Women	600
	Supplement 1965-1978	678
	Sources	696
	Index	705

Editorial Reviews

"...fascinating." —The Walleye Magazine

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