[MR] ISO book 10000 years of middle eastern dress

[Tracie Brown]

On Jun 18, 2012, at 10:58 PM, Robert Amann <runewald at gmail.com> wrote:

> I think that the book she is referring to is called something like, "10,000 Years of Clothing".   I had a copy of this book, but when we moved, I gave it to the Baltimore Book Thing.   The book is related to costuming.

Then it's probably 20,000 Years of Fashion.  http://www.amazon.com/Fashion-History-Costume-Personal-Adornment/dp/0810916932
Widely available in local public libraries and academic libraries (if it hasn't been stolen), as well as new and used. If you can, get the most recent edition -- 1987, I think.  Many SCA costumers own it.  Most useful for getting inspiration from the pictures and identifying artwork or artifacts worthy of further research. Because of the 20,000-year scope, this is a broad survey, not an in-depth study. 

Yes, I know that a fair number of readers already know this, but if we ever reach the point that there are no beginners on the list, either in the SCA or at a particular SCA activity or interest, we are dying. (And do not eeeeven say to me, "Oh, we don't need to publish the address of the annual Baronial  Bunny Hunt -- it's at the same place it always is." Yes, I've heard that more than once.) <gracefully descends soapbox>

-- Signy