Ouvrage retraçant l'évolution historique de l'habillement et des costumes, y compris les ornements corporels, tatouages.
Sommaire : 1. Origin of clothing : economic theory, mosaic theory Carlyle, Ellis, Durkheim, Reinach 2. Prehistoric dress: birth of aesthetics, Heildelberg, Piltdown man ornament and costume in Neolithic times 3. The primitives: body painting, tattooing, mutilation, coiffure, masks, fabrics and garments 4. Bronze age and early Iron Age: Male costumes found in Jutland remarkable development of female dress Posidonus, Siculus 5. Costumes in Mexico, Central America and Peru: arrival of Spanish Mayans, Incas, origin of the poncho.
Carte en couleurs au frontispice. Abondamment illustré de reproductions de photographies en couleurs et en noir et blanc.