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They wore what?! : the weird history of fashion and beauty / Richard Platt.

Platt, Richard. (Author).

Summary:

"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?
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.

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Gunn Memorial Public Library J 391.009 PLA (Text) 34621200148610 Juvenile Nonfiction Available -

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