Oh my god, it’s the motherlode!

There’s a new book out called Fashion: A History from the 18th to the 20th Century that features the collection of the Kyoto Costume Institute.

This book is ABSOLUTELY AMAZING! It’s 768 pages (I swear, it’s a phone book!) and practically every page is a gorgeous, glossy, full color photo of a costume from the KCI’s amazing costume collection. There’s 4 chapters on the 18th, 19th, first half of the 20th, and second half of the 20th centuries, and they each take up roughly 1/4 of the book.

Best of all, this book reprints many images (it might even be all of them, I’m not positive) from the “Revolution in Fashion” and “Evolution of Fashion” books (which are incredibly expensive and incredibly hard to get), so if you ever wanted either of those, here’s your chance.

Even better? It’s only $40.