TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER I; COLOUR GARMENTS; ACROSS THREE EMPIRES; MAPPING TRANSYLVANIA AS A MULTIETHNIC AND MULTICONFESSIONAL REGION IN 17TH-TO 19TH-CENTURY COSTUME BOOKS; REGIONAL COSTUMES AND TEXTILE CULTURE; CHAPTER II; CONSTRUCTING A NEW IDENTITY; FROM ORIENTAL (OTTOMAN) TO EUROPEAN (FRANKISH) DRESS; WOMEN'S FASHIONS IN TRANSITION; FROM THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE TO THE TURKISH REPUBLIC; CHAPTER III; DRESS, MODERNITY AND THEORIES OF BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION IN 19TH CENTURY GREECE
INFLUENCE OF ETHNIC STYLE ON CROATION FASHION IN CLOTHING IN THE PERIOD OF ART NOUVEAUSTUDENT CLOTHING IN SERBIA FROM THE MID 19TH CENTURY TO THE 1980S; MIGRATIONS AND CHANGES IN TRADITIONAL ATTIRE; CONTRIBUTORS
Summary
These essays speak about the visible items, like clothing, jewellery, the opulence of the elite, fashion and styles, but they also inform the reader about the manner in which these connect with the political and social evolutions. In and between these lines, one may guess the existence of important themes regarding the history of textiles, the transfers of the commercial venues and of the different artisan centres, the professionalization of the various fields in the history of fashion and th ..
