Carole Collier FrickDressing Renaissance Florence: Families, Fortunes, and Fine Clothing: 120 (The Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science)

This is a book that will stay on my shelf. Full of first hand sources and evidence explaining the intricacies of dress in the Early Modern period in Italy, well annotated and a mine of information.

Arrived promptly, fascinating book

Bought on behalf of another.

This is a great book( thesis). Very good reference material for clothing of this period. There is a lot of information about how fashion figured in the lives of the aristocracy in Renaissance Florence and about the guilds and craftspeople who made the clothes and accessories. There are lists of articles, including two Trousseaux, one for a wedding, one for a convent. There is information on fabrics and ornaments. There is info on sumptuary legislation and " fashion police". I wish it had more intimate descriptions of how the clothes were made, layered and worn, cleaned, etc. but I may find this in other books on the subject. This is a wonderful book that brings to life the sartorial atmosphere of the period. I highly recommend this book. I should like to add that there are very few illustrations, and the ones included are black and white renderings of paintings of the period, showing actual members of the elite families.

Frick's book is an invaluable resource for those of us studying or writing about Quattrocento Florence.