Fashion Dictionary

While publicity for the Fashion Dictionary claims it was first published in 2004, at the front of the book are listed the names of the managing editors for the 1999 edition and the managing editor of the 2003 edition which is a little confusing. However, what can be said with certainty is that this is the first English language edition of the Dizionario della Moda containing all you need to know about fashion in 1,356 pages.

Apart from a list of 100 or so contributors to the encyclopedia, who come from the world of fashion: historians; journalists; industry reporters; and...