Fairchild's Dictionary of Fashion
Fairchild's Dictionary of Fashion, 2nd Edition, Revised.
By Charlotte Mankey Calasibetta, Ph.D.
Published by Fairchild Books, 1998.
This is a paperback book of 685 pages in two columns.
It has thousands of entries on clothing terminology from both
historical and contemporary viewpoints. Typical entries are brief.
For example:
"pah-poosh Velvet slippers with high heels, decorated
with embroidery and studded with jewels, worn indoors by Persian women."
Some entries are longer, and others are simply see references.
Additionally, there are a number of "categories" intermixed which have
entries under them. For example, under "hats" are entries for
different types of hats in a separate alphabetic sequence. This means
that if you want to look up a "pork-pie hat" you have to look up hats
first. To help solve this problem an index of these categories is
provided at the beginning of the book. (Some of the categories hiding
deeper entries are somewhat of a surprise: you have to look up "tops"
to find entries on different types of tops, and there are whole
catelgories for ponchos, oxfords and silhouettes. Maybe these would be
less of a surprise to someone who has knowledge of fashion and
clothing.)
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