MILITARY FASHION BY JOHN MOLLO.

An excellent 1972 work, 240 pages of how military uniforms follow forms of fashion. The work begins in the 17th century and works its way through the four centuries of how various countries follow the fashions of other countries in styles of military uniforms. Excellent in-depth informative text coupled with many colour plates of military headdress and uniforms beginning with the mitre cap ( helmet ) of the 1700’s the long frock coats of officers, bullion adorned accoutrements, coupled with some very good line drawings, colour plates of cuirass sets and finally finishing with the last chapter on the introduction of khaki and field grey and ending at the finality of WWI with some informative text on how the uniforms of the Third Reich were introduced. The book is complete with its original flyleaf cover but it is badly damaged, the edges of the pages are slightly stained and foxed. John Mollo was the beginning of a dynasty of father and sons who were both experts in military fashion, advisers to the film and theatre world and who accumulated highly interesting collections within the family.

Code: 89894