"什么样的人穿什么样的衣服。无论是莎丽，和服还是西装，一个人的着装都了解他或她的文化，阶级，个性甚至信仰所必不可少的标志。成立于1978年的京都服装学院（Kyoto Costume Institute）认识到了从社会学，历史和艺术的角度理解服装的重要性。

KCI拥有全球最丰富的服装系列之一，积累了18世纪至今的各种历史悠久的服装，内衣，鞋子和时尚配饰。《时装历史》展示了该学院的大量藏品，是浏览18世纪到20世纪的服装趋势的一次有趣的短途旅行。它以在定制的人体模型上专业展示和搭配的衣服的无可挑剔的服装摄影作品为特色，证明了服装是“我们的基本体现”，也证明了该研究所对作为一种复杂而精细的艺术形式的时装的热情。

本书作者包括时装研究领域的一些最聪明的人才和眼光最敏锐的专家：Akiko Fukai（京都服装学院名誉总监和策展人），Tamimi Suoh（京都服装学院策展人），Miki Iwagami（文化学院时尚史讲师）东京大学），古河玲子（东京文化大学前时尚史教授）和黎绘妮（京都服装学院策展人）。

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"Clothes define people. A person's attire, whether it's a sari, kimono, or business suit, is an essential code to his or her culture, class, personality, even faith. Founded in 1978, the Kyoto Costume Institute recognizes the importance of understanding clothes from sociological, historical, and artistic perspectives.

With one of the world's most extensive clothing collections, the KCI has amassed a wide range of historical garments, underwear, shoes, and fashion accessories dating from the 18th century to the present day. Showcasing the Institute's vast collection, Fashion History is a fascinating excursion through clothing trends from the 18th to the 20th century. Featuring impeccable photography of clothing expertly displayed and arranged on custom-made mannequins, it is a testimony to attire as ""an essential manifestation of our very being"" and to the Institute's passion for fashion as a complex and intricate art form.

The authors include some of the smartest minds and sharpest eyes in fashion studies: Akiko Fukai (Director and Curator Emeritus of the Kyoto Costume Institute), Tamami Suoh (Curator of The Kyoto Costume Institute), Miki Iwagami (Lecturer of fashion history at Bunka Gakuen University, Tokyo), Reiko Koga (former professor of fashion history at Bunka Gakuen University, Tokyo), and Rie Nii (Curator of The Kyoto Costume Institute).

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