A history of costume and fashion spanning the civilizations of ancient Greece and Egypt through nineteenth-century Europe, including the clothing, footwear, accessories, and hairstyles of individuals from all levels of society

• The grammar of costume
• The ancient world
• The Roman Empire
• Europe in the middle ages
• Renaissance Europe
• Modern Europe, 1650-1840
• East and Southeast Asia
• South Asia
• Anatolia, Persia, and Central Asia
• European regional dress
• Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
• The elements of costume
• Clothing through the ages
• Accessories through the ages