Why'd they wear that? : fashion as the mirror of history / Sarah Albee ; foreword by Tim Gunn.

Author/creator Albee, Sarah author.
Other author Gunn, Tim writer of foreword.
Format Book
PublicationWashington, D.C. : National Geographic, [2015]
Copyright Date©2015
Description192 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
Subjects

Variant title Why did they wear that?
Contents That's a wrap: the ancient world: 10,000 B.C. -- A.D. 1000 -- Keeping the faith: the middle ages: 1000 -- 1400s -- Going global: the age of exploration: 1400s -- early 1500s -- Ruff & ready: the Renaissance: 1500s -- early 1600s -- Lighten up!: the age of reason: 1600s -- 1700s -- Hats (and heads) off: revolutionary times: mid-1600s -- early 1800s -- Growing pains: marching toward modernity: mid-1700s -- early 1900s -- Labor pains: the industrial revolution: mid-1800s -- early 1900s -- Class dismissed: world at war: the 20th century & beyond -- What can you do? -- Time line.
Abstract Learn about outrageous, politically-perilous, funky, disgusting, regrettable, and life-threatening creations people have worn throughout the course of human history, all the way up to the present day. From spats and togas to hoop skirts and hair shirts, why people wore what they did is an illuminating way to look at the social, economic, political, and moral climates throughout history.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 185-186) and index.
Audience 1190 Lexile
LCCN 2015302531
ISBN9781426319198 (hbk.)
ISBN1426319193 (hbk.)
ISBN9781426319204 (reinforced library binding)
ISBN1426319207 (reinforced library binding)

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Joyner TRC Nonfiction 391.009 AL139W ✔ Available Place Hold