About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 157. Chapters: Fashion, Timeline of clothing and textiles technology, Mantle, Fulling, Veil, Cloak, Stocking, Adornment, Tights, Mitre, History of the bikini, History of brassieres, Suit, History of clothing and textiles, Sumptuary law, Mourning, Vestment, Cope, Clothing in the ancient world, Fashion faux pas, History of suits, History of knitting, Button, Stole, Shirt, Cassock, Choir dress, Collar, Religious habit, Clothing in ancient Rome, Skirt, History of corsets, Surplice, Biretta, Garter, Clerical clothing, Girdle, Vintage clothing, Amice, Fur clothing, Omophor, Chasuble, Pontifical vestments, Smock-frock, Sticharion, Sakkos, The Philippi Collection, Dalmatic, Palitza, Zucchetto, Jewish religious clothing, Orarion, Phelonion, Egyptian clothing, Alb, Thracian clothing, Clothing in the Ragtime Era, Clothing technology, Empire silhouette, Pelisse, Tippet, Cowl, Hemline, Jorabs, Epitrachil, Clothing in ancient Greece, Cincture, Tunicle, Bleachfield, Zone, Tenterground, Alnage, Highland dress, Devonshire Collection of Period Costume, Kolpos, Frock Me!, Posting, Weavers' cottage, Recessionista, Uniformology. Excerpt: The history of the bikini is a checkered one. Though the bikini shocked when it appeared on French beaches in 1947, its origins date back millennia. Depictions of bikini-like garments appear at the Chalcolithic site of Catalhoyuk, and two-piece bikini-like garments were worn by women for athletic purposes in Ancient Greece as far back as 1400 BC. Roman mosaic artwork in Sicily, dubbed "Bikini Girls" and dating back to the reign of Diocletian (286-305 AD) gained significant archeological renown, and Roman statues of Venus in a bikini were found elsewhere. In the modern era, the first functional two-piece swimsuit was designed in 1913 by Carl Jantzen. Australian swimmer-performer Annette Kellerman was arrested in 1907 ...
