Who dressed as a woman in an attempt to commit adultery with Julius Caesar's wife? How did the ancient Greeks make blusher from seaweed? Just how does one wear

This is the first general monograph on ancient Greek dress in English to be published in more than a century. By applying modern dress theory to the ancient evi

Costume production distinguishes early civilization from the Paleolithic era as much as architectural production. Costume transcends boundaries, as it first uni

Carefully copied from ancient vases and statuary, these early-19th-century classic line renderings combine unusual clarity of style with unquestioned authentici

Twenty chapters present the range of current research into the study of textiles and dress in classical antiquity, stressing the need for cross and inter-discip