a look at the world of fabric, clothing, and fashion throughout the centuries
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last updated April, 2026
All the Rage: Power, Pain, Pleasure: Stories from the Frontline of Beauty 1860-1960
Virginia Nicholson
Skirts: Fashioning Modern Femininity in the Twentieth Century
Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell
Unraveled: The Life and Death of a Garment
Maxine Bedat
The Fabric of Civilization: How Textiles Made the World
Virginia Postrel
Africa in Fashion: Luxury, Craft and Textile Heritage
Ken Kweku Nimo
Silken Threads: A History of Embroidery in China, Korea, Japan, and Vietnam
Young Yang Chung
Corsets and Crinolines
Norah Waugh
The Royal Wardrobe
Rosie Harte
Women's Work: The First 20,000 Years: Women, Cloth, and Society in Early Times
Elizabeth Wayland Barber
The Age of Undress: Art, Fashion, and the Classical Ideal in the 1790s
Amelia Rauser
How to Read a Dress: A Guide to Changing Fashion from the 16th to the 20th Century
Lydia Edwards
Fashion: The Collection of the Kyoto Costume Institute - A History from the 18th to the 20th Century
Akiko Fukai
Clothing Goes to War: Creativity Inspired by Scarcity in World War II
Nan Turner
Dressing Barbie: A Celebration of the Clothes That Made America's Favorite Doll and the Incredible Woman Behind Them
Carol Spencer
Fashion Victims: The Dangers of Dress Past and Present
Alison Matthews David
Dress Code: Unlocking Fashion from the New Look to Millennial Pink
Véronique Hyland
The Golden Thread: How Fabric Changed History
Kassia St. Clair
The Pocket: A Hidden History of Women’s Lives, 1660–1900
Barbara Burman
Fashionopolis: The Price of Fast Fashion and the Future of Clothes
Dana Thomas
To Dye For: How Toxic Fashion Is Making Us Sick--and How We Can Fight Back
Alden Wicker
Fibershed: Growing a Movement of Farmers, Fashion Activists, and Makers for a New Textile Economy
Rebecca Burgess
Pockets: An Intimate History of How We Keep Things Close
Hannah Carlson
Kicks: The Great American Story of Sneakers
Nicholas Smith
Threads of Life: A History of the World Through the Eye of a Needle
Clare Hunter
Fabric: The Hidden History of the Material World
Victoria Finlay
Dress Codes: How the Laws of Fashion Made History
Richard Thompson Ford
Worn: A People's History of Clothing
Sofi Thanhauser
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