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Title: Medieval Costume and Fashion by Herbert Norris ISBN: 0-486-40486-2 Publisher: Dover Pubns Pub. Date: 21 April, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.24 (17 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: More than just clothing: a good resource for costumes
Comment: This book goes into more detail about medieval costume than most I've seen--a lot of other books tend to lump 10th-15th century stuff together, where this book shows the evolution and a number of different costumes throughout the period. What I found very useful was the sections on hairstyles, accessories, heraldry, and other details you don't usually find elsewhere. That being said, the author often makes assertions that may just be educated guesses--it's hard to tell the hard historical fact from conjecture. The bibilography cites a number of other costume books and artwork; read it first to understand his sources. However, I haven't yet found a better book on this period. It's very readable and has a lot of good sketches and a few color plates.
Rating: 5
Summary: Norris for Knowledge and Vision
Comment: Norris was not just a costumer he was a bonified Historian when it came to Historical Dress. While at times it feels limited on pictures it does go into detail on style and design, who started the fashion and where that era got it's ideas. This has been the most useful book series I have found for researching and creating historical costuming. It not only touches on the noble classes but the other classes as well. It shows shoes which is very hard to find and as others said the tiny details. Girdles, headlry and even the monastic and clerical information. If you can visualize from reading and pictures this is a great resource. If you need patterns try some costuming books as an added resource. Try all of the books in the series you can find them most likely in the library if they are out of print.
Rating: 1
Summary: Great to look at but horribly inaccurate.
Comment: This book is one of the medieval costume sources heavily influenced by the Victorian era. Norris' redrawings are changed quite a bit from the originals. He tends to base his thoughts off of the romanticized Victorian view of the middle ages rather than the actual middle ages. What he can't find from that, he just makes up. If you are looking for the "feel" of the middle ages in a halloween costume, this book will be fine. If you are interested in accuracy, you would be better to spend your money elsewhere.
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Title: Medieval Costume in England and France : The 13th, 14th and 15th Centuries by Mary G. Houston ISBN: 0486290603 Publisher: Dover Pubns Pub. Date: 11 April, 1996 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
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Title: Tudor Costume and Fashion by Herbert Norris ISBN: 0486298450 Publisher: Dover Pubns Pub. Date: 11 November, 1997 List Price(USD): $26.95 |
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Title: Ancient European Costume and Fashion by Herbert Norris ISBN: 0486407233 Publisher: Dover Pubns Pub. Date: 03 February, 2000 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Medieval Celebrations: How to Plan for Holidays, Weddings, and Reenactments With Recipes, Customs, Costumes, Decorations, Songs, Dances, and Games by Daniel Diehl, Mark Donnelly ISBN: 0811728668 Publisher: Stackpole Books Pub. Date: May, 2001 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Historic Costume in Pictures by Braun & Schneider ISBN: 048623150X Publisher: Dover Pubns Pub. Date: 01 June, 1975 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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