The Development of Costume

Clothing is the outward and visible sign of taste, discrimination, social attitude and status. In every culture, men and women pay enormous attentioin to the minutiae of dres and appearnce, and even in the least status-conscious societes, clothes are immeditely revealing of people see themselves. Naomi Tarrant looks at the physical reality of clothes, their fabric, their decoration, and above all theirshape and structure. she trace the history and development of clothing, mainly in the west, showing how it reflect and is affected by culture and technology..