Women’s Costume of the Ancient World: 700 Full-color Illustrations

Hundreds of colorful illustrations provide an authentic and fascinating glimpse of what fashionable women were wearing more than 2,000 years ago, from transparent gowns and pointy-toed sandals favored by the ancient Egyptians to the graceful robes and tunics preferred by the Greeks and Romans. Organized according to region, the drawings are accompanied by identifying captions.