Real Clothes, Real Lives: 200 Years of What Women Wore (Smith College Historic Clothing Collection)

I love this book! It treats fashion as part of real life, and includes wonderful interpretations of each piece shown. The photography is stellar, too.

Un livre unique et extrêmement généreux !!!!Des documents que je n’ai jamais vue avant …Ce livre représente des heures de recherche et de plaisir .J’y ai découvert une tonne d’informations nouvelles .Bravo !!!!!!!

This book takes my breath away every time I open it! It’s full of rich history and so much interesting information. I ordered a second copy for my mother who loves history. Elegantly bound.. I leave it on my coffee table.

At last a book on what the common women wore! Lots of quality photos. I enjoyed reading this from cover to cover!

The quality of photography and printing of this wonderful book is outstanding. The intro and text provide excellent socio-cultural insights to everyday women's clothing, including uniforms, day dresses and hats. I wish there had been a bit more coverage of special-ocassion wear, as not all women's frocks were as drab as many of the ones included in this otherwise terrific addition to the canon of books on the history of fashion.