Dress
As It Has Been, Is and Will Be (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Dress: As It Has Been, Is and Will Be<br><br>In preparing this volume for publication, the author has sought to present in serious language the aspect of the varying costumes of mankind throughout history, until the present day, from a purely artistic standpoint. The time, he believes, is ripe for such a treatise, written, as this one has been, in a conscientious vein, and embodying the experience of a life-time in the designing and making of men's outer-wear, both in England and the United States. And the author has been the more prompted to undertake this semi-professional task because he has noted the rapid changes in taste, both as to fabrics and ideals of style which are to be seen throughout the Union.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.