"Doreen Yarwood combines her enormous experience as the author of several distinguished costume histories with her skill as a precise and evocative artist to trace the history of costume and costume accessories in detail from the earliest European civilizations to the present. With almost 1000 carefully researched and meticulously drawn illustration--full notes giving the source of each drawing follow every chapter--and an authoritative text, Doreen Yarwood describes how our European ancestors dressed and decorated themselves."--book jacket.