isms…Understanding Fashion by Mairi Mackenzie, softback published by Herbert Press part of A & C Black. ISBN 978-1-4081-0579-5, price 9.99 from www.acblack.com
For all those who struggle with isms in fashion, this interesting volume looks at fashion and its many categories from the seventeenth century to current fads. All the phases and crazes are here, illustrated in full colour. You get the dates, the key figures, the key attributes that typify the era. I loved this little book, it’s great fun. See how many styles you know, how many have passed through your own wardrobe. Look at what your mother or grandmother wore. It’s a superb book for the student of fashion or the budding designer.