The Chronology of Fashion traces the history of fashion from the late 18th century up to the present. Following a strict chronology, it pinpoints the times when a distinctive style of suit or dress, hat or handbag, cut of hair or cloth, or indeed entire look came to pinpoint its moment in time or radiate out to express its entire era.

Highly illustrated with full figure images, silhouettes and swatches of materials, the book also looks at key designers, how fashion has appeared in paintings and movies, and the trends that identified various periods. This book should be a must for anyone interested in fashion and its development.

Author Biography

N.J Stevenson has worked as a fashion writer and stylist since 1996, after leaving her first job as Girl Friday for designer Katharine Hammett. An alumna of the London College of Fashion, she specialised in vintage fashion before gaining an MA in Fashion Curation. She now lectures in Styling and Fashion in Film at the University of the Arts. She curated a major retrospective of the designer Bill Gibb at the Fashion and Textile Museum in 2008 and she frequently contributes to a wide variety of magazines.