They wore what?! : the weird history of fashion and beauty / Richard Platt.
"Describes changing ideas of fashion and beauty through history and around the world"--Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 1587285827
- ISBN: 1587285843
- ISBN: 9781587285820
- ISBN: 9781587285844
- Physical Description: 48 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
- Publisher: Minnetonka, Minn. : Two-Can, 2007.
Content descriptions
- General Note:
- Simultaneously published under title: Would you believe-- in 1500, platform shoes were outlawed? London : Oxford University Press, 2007.
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (page 45) and index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- Fashionable figures -- Ancient attitudes -- Forbidden fashions -- Smooth operator -- Fashion victims -- If you've got it, flaunt it -- Miss beehive -- A hat for all occasions -- Wild and untamed -- Bras and bindings -- Crinolines and bustles -- Waists like wasps -- Squeezing and shaping -- Skin deep -- My feet are killing me -- The unkindest cut of all -- Why stop at the ear? -- All my own teeth -- Makeup and beauty -- Poisonous potions -- What's so weird about that?
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- Subject:
- Beauty, Personal > History > Juvenile literature.
Fashion > History > Juvenile literature.
Available copies
- 4 of 4 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Caswell County Public Library.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 4 total copies.
Show Only Available Copies
| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gunn Memorial Public Library | J 391.009 PLA (Text) | 34621200148610 | Juvenile Nonfiction | Available | - |
