Folk Costumes of the World (Paperback)

~ (Author), Phyllida Legg (Author, Illustrator)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

Over 200 costumes in color, with descriptions relating each to traditions, music, dance and ritual. “Valuable as a design history and visual reference.”—Theatre Crafts Magazine. “Useful in high school and public libraries.”—RSBALA
--This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 255 pages
• Publisher: Blandford Pr (February 1989)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0713720565
• ISBN-13: 978-0713720563
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.2 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,995,848 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Customer Reviews

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Very Helpful with many facts about costumes, January 20, 1999

By	Dr. Phyllis Bell Miller (Mississippi State, MS (Starkville, MS) United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This book is very helpful for getting basic details of folk and dance costumes from throughout the world. There are colored sketches of most costumes, but a few more would be helpful. They describe many things that are not illustrated, yet sometimes illustrate items for which there are scant descriptions. Unfortunamtely, however, there are no costumes from most of Africa. This is a serious omission for a book claiming to cover world costume.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Rather folk costumes of Europe than of the world, June 10, 2006

By	Moema (Uppsala, Sweden) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Folk Costumes Of The World (Hardcover)

I'm very interested in folk costumes and found this book informative with beautiful illustrations, BUT...it's not, as it claims, a book of folk costumes of the world.
Europe (where I live) is shown thoroughly, with examples of costumes even from islands like Sicily, Madeira and Tenerife, while there are not very many costumes from Asia. Africa is represented only by some costumes from North Africa and Ethiopia, Oceania only by Maori costumes. Just four-five of the many gorgeous Amerindian costumes are shown and although Cuba is described in the text, no costumes are shown in the book. I would say the book is eurocentric. If you want to learn more about costumes from Europe, do buy this book, but NOT if you want to look at costumes from all over the world.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Very Helpful with many facts about costumes, January 20, 1999

By A Customer

This book is very helpful for getting basic details of folk and dance costumes from throughout the world. There are colored sketches of most costumes, but a few more would be helpful. They describe many things that are not illustrated, yet sometimes illustrate items for which there are scant descriptions. Unfortunately, however, there are no costumes from most of Africa. This is a serious omission for a book claiming to cover world costume.