Jane Ashelford

- A Visual History of Costume : the Sixteenth Century by Jane Ashelford (1983)
- Dress in the Age of Elizabeth by Jane Ashelford (1988)

Both are useful. Though they are both by the same author, they have different pictures in them. The Visual History is part of a series, so conforms to the series format, but the other is a stand-alone, so the author could devote more attention to areas that were not stressed in the Visual History.

In both, most of the illustrations are black-and-white, with a show more few color plates, but the quality is good. Many of the pictures are large. Both books are 7-1/2" x 10", and about half an inch thick.

The Visual History is arranged chronologically and covers the whole sixteenth century, while "Dress" only covers the reign of Elizabeth.

The Visual History series, which covered the 14th through 20th centuries, was reprinted as one volume, but it does not contain the whole of the component parts. show less

- A Visual History of Costume : the Sixteenth Century by Jane Ashelford (1983)
- Dress in the Age of Elizabeth by Jane Ashelford (1988)

Both are useful. Though they are both by the same author, they have different pictures in them. The Visual History is part of a series, so conforms to the series format, but the other is a stand-alone, so the author could devote more attention to areas that were not stressed in the Visual History.

In both, most of the illustrations are black-and-white, with a show more few color plates, but the quality is good. Many of the pictures are large. Both books are 7-1/2" x 10", and about half an inch thick.

The Visual History is arranged chronologically and covers the whole sixteenth century, while "Dress" only covers the reign of Elizabeth.

Here's the table of contents of "Dress":

1. Women's dress 1558-1603
2. Men's dress 1558-1603
3. 'The mart of fools': London and the fashion trade
4. 'Printing my thoughts in lawn': the language of dress
5. 'Straunge fantastick habit': festive dress show less

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